While a traditional computer mouse is fairly simple and intuitive to use, it does have its drawbacks. For instance, if you don’t have a lot of desk space, you can repeatedly run out of room. With a ...

Like many ergonomic products, trackballs are an acquired taste—often, acquired by sheer painful necessity. It can feel strange to switch from using a mouse, which feels like an extension of your arm, ...

The Kensington Orbit Wireless Trackball ($49.99) is a simple and effective ambidextrous trackball mouse, one that should easily appeal to those interested in saving their wrists and fingers from the ...

The Logitech wireless trackball features programmable buttons that you can assign customized tasks to with Logitech's SetPoint software. The trackball, which uses a small wireless receiver plugged ...

A conventional mouse requires you to move it across the surface of your desk, resulting in the types of tiny wrist movements that can stress your tendons, joints, and carpal tunnel. That's why some ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. About 20 years ago, I was writing for a well-known computer ...

Once a mainstay of giant desktop workstations, trackballs were eventually miniaturized and stuck inside computer mice, and then mostly replaced with trackpads and touchscreens. They deserve a comeback ...