To we nerds it has never been a secret. We have always known how the pointer moves on the screen when you move the mouse. What has not been known until now is what happens when the movement data is transferred to the computer and how it gets the pointer moving on the screen. There’s a lot of work being done underneath the bonnet, as it were. Check this Flash animation out as it illustrates rather clearly the inner workings of the common computer mouse. Don’t worry, you don’t need to understand Japanese at all.
written by Tyler Regas \\ tags: Laugherating


Did you see Steve Jobs and Bill Gates chatting at D5, the big Wall Street Journal technology shindig? They spoke with Walt Mossberg and another annoying person for nearly two hours on stage about a wide range of things. I’ve seen most of it and its really informational and fun to see the two people most think of as bitter rivals have real brother-ish moments. While each did engage in a lot of marketspeak, they did seem like friends, which is an interesting concept in big technology.






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