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Post by ARENA on Jul 5, 2013 9:22:26 GMT
Doug Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse and developer of early incarnations of email, word processing programs and the Internet, has died at the age of 88. The Computer History Museum, where Engelbart had been a fellow since 2005, says he died early on Wednesday. He missed out on the patent and never got rich  I'd be lost without him.Can't be done with laptop style surfing (bah humbug!) |
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Post by scorp on Jul 5, 2013 9:54:55 GMT
Yes, we all owe him...
I agree - I have a little wireless mouse with my laptop - can't manage with the ghastly touch pad - never could. I tried with a Toshiba in the Nineties - no use at all.
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Post by ARENA on Jul 5, 2013 14:09:31 GMT
I have a Microsoft cordless job...............fits nicely into the palm of my arthritic hand.
Just been round to my Algerian mates helping with his new 60" Samsung smart. I had to use the touchpad to set things up for him.
The old digits are throbbing.
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Post by scorp on Jul 5, 2013 14:27:35 GMT
60"? I hope he's got a hell of a big room to watch it in...
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Post by ARENA on Jul 13, 2013 8:50:49 GMT
Whicker's World comes to an end..........
Friday 12th July 2013
Alan Whicker, 87, British journalist and broadcaster (Whicker's World), bronchial pneumonia
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Post by goldielox on Jul 14, 2013 9:05:37 GMT
We used to enjoy his programmes. I always think of that Monty Python sketch now,
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