Some are simple in their approach, such as the MotionCAPTCHA project that requires tracing a pattern with the mouse pointer or Capy, a service in beta for touch-based devices.

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The shift key pans a camera down, and the mouse controls a laser pointer.

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Consider the status quo: To operate computers, most people peck away at keyboards and use a mouse to scoot a digital pointer across the screen.

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Perhaps you should print these out and post them where they will be most visible when your mouse pointer is hovering over the "send" button.

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It hogged so much of the processor on our test PC, even our mouse pointer could only twitch.

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The primary differences are changes that make sense when a mouse pointer and a larger screen area are available.

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Many have described the user interfaces of products such as the iPhone and Surface as ushering in the post-WIMP (windows-icon-mouse-pointer) era.

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Includes a unique presentation mode on the iPad, letting you turn your mouse cursor into a laser pointer.

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MotionTools and the Air Mouse app enable a presenter to turn their computer's cursor into a highlighter, laser pointer or pen.

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If you hover your mouse pointer over a pin, a small thumbnail pops-up, which you can click to see the photos from that area in the right-hand-side bar.

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