To use the right-click option on the mouse, you need first to connect a mouse to your laptop. Every mouse has a dedicated left and right-click button, which is an easy way. You simply click on the ...

A high DPI, or dots per inch, resolution of the sensor occupies pride of place in most players’ minds as the most important feature to look out for for better performance in gaming mice. But the truth ...

You may have a reflex to reach for your mouse whenever you sit at a computer. If you have a laptop, you might just move your hand lower and skim your fingers over the trackpad. But anyone who has sat ...

For years, I never used the extra buttons on the side of my mouse, and mostly just viewed them as a nuisance. Too often I’d click them by accident and trigger some unwanted action, like navigating ...

They look weird and they feel awkward—at first. But a vertical mouse was ergonomically more comfortable and easier on my hands than I ever imagined. It’s said we spend a third of our lives sleeping, ...

If your mouse or touchpad has frozen on your PC or laptop, there are a few different ways you can unlock it. It might be that the mouse has gone to sleep and a couple of key presses will get it ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...