Douglas Engelbart was the inventor of the mouse, the simple tool that dramatically changed the way in which humans interact with their computers. Since the first public demonstration of the mouse in 1968 over a billion have been sold worldwide. Although now slowly being overtaken by touchpads and touch-sensitive screens, the mouse and the concepts behind it, remain an important feature of all modern computers.
Sunday 26 May 2013
A range of explosives were discovered comprising pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails, a Drano bomb and a napalm bomb
Tuesday 07 May 2013
A newspaper tribute to Matt Groening's mother Margaret, who died aged 94, reads like a Who's Who of the cartoonist's famous TV creation
Friday 19 April 2013
Double gold winner says he's running half-race as preparation for next year's full event not for financial gain
Wednesday 06 February 2013
Stewie the world's longest cat has died. Guinness World Records declared Stewie the Cat the record-holder in August 2010, measuring 48.5 inches (123.19 cm) from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail.
Tuesday 29 January 2013
A scientist has died after apparently being struck by lightning.
Monday 14 January 2013
45-year-old twins were born deaf and requested to die after being told they were both going blind
Sunday 06 January 2013
It's not just Mo Farah who gets stopped at the airport – but, as prominent Somalis tell Jerome Taylor, the security services' 'use of threats' is alienating the whole community
Sunday 06 January 2013
The long walk back to contentment
Monday 03 December 2012
Fans of Three Cups of Tea, the non-fiction book about building schools for rural children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, awoke to news this morning that one of its two authors, David Oliver Relin, had died at the age of 49 in what the authorities said was suicide.
Friday 19 October 2012
Thousands of pages of once-private records detailing sex-abuse allegations within the Boy Scouts of America from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s were made public by an Oregon court Thursday, including internal reports of alleged child molestations by more than 1,200 scoutmasters and other adult volunteers nationwide.
Monday 15 October 2012
The hit drama Fresh Meat has created a new star
Wednesday 10 October 2012
The radical cleric Abu Hamza will face trial in the US next year after pleading not guilty to terrorism charges in a New York court.
Sunday 07 October 2012
Radical preacher Abu Hamza and four other terrorism suspects arrived in the United States on Saturday.
Tuesday 02 October 2012
Member of Terry Vance Garner's family found the farmer's dentures and parts of his body in his huge pigs' enclosure
Tell us how you plan to make today delicious and you could win a £50 M&S gift card.
Hesperus Press are offering the chance to win a three-night weekend away for two to Stockholm.
Take our grocery shopping survey for your chance to win a £100 M&S store gift card.
There is no finer way to discover and explore the dramatic Norwegian coastline than aboard an authentic Hurtigruten cruise.
War and peace: history revisited in the cities of Southern Belgium - a travel guide in association with the Belgian Tourist Office.
Win first-class rail passes to explore the sights and sounds of Europe with redspottedhanky.com.
You can buy a NOOK Simple Touch Glowlight at £69, or the NOOK HD 8GB Tablet for just £99 - until 3 September.
Win anything from gadgets to five-star holidays on our competitions and offers page.
Watch the best in the business world give their insights into the world of business.
