In less than three weeks, consumers will start getting their hands on Windows 8, with its radically new “Modern” (formerly Metro) interface, and forming opinions about it. Some of them will be buying ...

Synaptics’ TouchPad device drivers are customized and supported by notebook manufacturers to meet specific driver requirements for their individual products. To ensure the appropriate driver for your ...

So, preamble over, what do you use as your main pointing device? A good old mouse? Built-in trackpad? Anyone switched to a Magic Trackpad with OS X's increasing use of gestures? And perhaps we've got ...

Windows laptop trackpads used to be a big headache, causing frustration for many users. In a 2011 ZDNET article by James Kendrick, he expressed this frustration vividly with the question, "Why do PC ...

Your laptop’s touchpad isn’t just for pointing, clicking, and zooming in and out. That rectangular surface also supports gestures that let you switch between apps, control media playback, manage files ...

Microsoft’s latest Windows Insider build 14965 is showing a “virtual touchpad” feature that could replace the mouse—or in any case, make life easier for Windows tablet users. It puts a touchpad on ...