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A good notebook computer needs a good touchpad, but some folks prefer a mouse. Foxconn has a possible solution for people that don’t want to carry a separate mouse: a touchpad that you can eject from ...

A laptop's touchpad is highly customizable, and it enables a mobile professional to get work done without needing a flat surface for an attachable mouse. By default, Windows 7 sets the touchpad and ...

The touchpad or trackpad on a laptop keyboard is convenient to use when you're on the road or sitting in a tight space. Those tiny tables in coffee shops and airports don't leave a lot of room for a ...

ASUS was rather cryptic about this little peripheral with its "It'll move you" teaser, but now we get it. Dubbed the VivoMouse, ASUS claims this to be the world's first mouse-and-touchpad hybrid, and ...

A new mouse from Logitech lets you navigate your computer screen using touch to "scroll, swipe and surf wherever your fingertips rest on the mouse." Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Does anyone know of a way to automatically turn off the touchpad on a notebook (XPS 1330 specifically in my case) when I have my bluetooth mouse on? I'm getting better at avoiding tapping thumbs on ...