Laptops have shipped with various pointing devices over the decades. Built-in trackball mice were once quite popular, but there's also that weird rubber nub that's now a hallmark of Lenovo ThinkPad ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. I am aware that the phrase "life hack" can sometimes be shorthand for "useless tip." The jokes are decades old at this ...

At the beloved MacHack conference of yesteryear, the main event was always the MacHax Best Hack Contest (don’t ask about the different spelling). For their contest entries, some of the top Mac ...

Apple has had a strong trackpad game for nearly two decades. The multi-touch trackpad in the original MacBook Air from 2008 was a leap forward. Other laptop trackpads had tracking surfaces for mousing ...