A computer mouse created by computing legend Douglas Englebart sold for an astounding $179k in a recent auction. It was said to have been used in 1968 in the "Mother of All Demos," and an inspiration ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Doug Engelbart, a visionary who invented the computer mouse and developed other technology that has transformed the way people work, play and communicate, died late Tuesday. He was 88.

Engelbart conceived the computer mouse so early in the evolution of computers that he and his colleagues didn t profit much from it. The mouse patent had a 17-year life span, allowing the technology ...