You can use two Windows machines at once with a single keyboard and mouse without any special hardware. I had an extra laptop lying around that now connects with the same keyboard and mouse as my PC.

For years, I never used the extra buttons on the side of my mouse, and mostly just viewed them as a nuisance. Too often I’d click them by accident and trigger some unwanted action, like navigating ...

Once upon a time, long before smartphones or even laptops were ubiquitous, the computer mouse was new, and it was thrilling. The 1984 Macintosh wasn’t the first machine to come with one, but it was ...