the revolutionary all-in-one unit that didn’t come apart. Apple has always come back to this basic design. Another innovation of the Lisa was the appearance of a mouse. Contrary to popular belief, Apple did not invent the mouse. This technology came from...

panel on your desktop, then by selecting the left button on the panel. As you move your mouse around, you’ll start to see an outline snap around the panels under the mouse. When you’ve outlined your target video window, left-click it and the outline will...

would fulfill your every wish. Microsoft’s Aladdin used a simple mouse gesture to bring a window temporarily to the front. You’d just rub the window with the mouse pointer. Stop rubbing, and the window would return to the back. There were problems with...

drive to pick up the slack—or so you’ve convinced yourself. We’ve gathered up the best the Netbook accessory market has to offer and put it all in one place. Wireless  Mouse, $24.99; Power Adapter, $49.99; Security Lock, $24.99; Sleeve, $14.99...

OneNote, and Outlook. The main Outlook window has four tabs: Home, Send/Receive, Folder, and View, with all the tools you’ll want frequently on the Home tab. The New email button gets pride of place, in the spot that is the easiest to get to with your mouse....

over the taskbar. In the release candidate, when you pause on a thumbnail without releasing the Alt-Tab keys to see if it's the one you want, you get the same Aero Peek preview as when you do the same thing with the mouse and the taskbar thumbnails. This brings...