Finding a mouse that achieves the perfect balance between sensitivity and accuracy might seem next to impossible. Laser-based mice offer high sensitivity, but they tend to cause jittering. On the flip ...

A mouse that uses light to detect movement. Introduced in the late 1990s, optical mice superseded mechanical mice because their sealed bottom surfaces do not absorb dust and dirt. They work by ...

I've been using the same Optical mouse for like...7 years. Until a few days ago, I haven't had problems with it. Recently, some buttons started became unresponsive. So, I'm looking for a new mouse, ...

Unlike a mechanical mouse (which uses a ball) or a laser mouse (which uses a laser), an optical mouse uses a reflective LED light in order to track movement, which is why the best mousepads for ...

I bought my mom a Dell laptop with internal bluetooth and all's well...except that the blue optical mouse I bought for it doesn't sync with the internal bluetooth radio and isn't even picked up by it.

The trackpad on Mac notebooks works well, but it’s hard to beat a mouse for general Mac input. Road warriors who pack a mouse into a laptop bag want something small and durable, like Microsoft’s ...

Q. One of my colleagues—the kind of guy who buys all the latest electronic toys—told me I should junk my ordinary mouse and get a wireless optical one. I wisely listened to him when he advised me to ...