A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in buildings and open fields.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

A computer mouse is the device that moves the pointer,or cursor, on a computer screen.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Computer expert Douglas Engelbart developed the idea for the mouse in the early nineteen-sixties.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Spool forward 23 years and its difficult to imagine computer life without the mouse guiding the majority of computer functions, but that's exactly what's on offer in 2007 -- a landmark year in personal computing.

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In 1984, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs made the computer mouse mainstream.

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Drivers will be judged according to how quickly they spot the danger and click their computer mouse.

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