1 Service installation and home visits range from $20-$40 depending on the services being installed. 2  TIP: After ordering a cable package, it may be possible to drop by the local cable office to pick up the equipment and self-install (afterwards, calling the cable company to activate the service and equipment).
The computer mouse as we know it today was invented and developed by Douglas Engelbart, with the assistance of Bill English, during the 1960's and was patented on November 17, 1970. While creating the mouse, Douglas was working at the Stanford Research Institute, a think tank sponsored by Stanford University.
Because the mouse lack of succes, the first mouse is credited to being the mouse found on the Apple Lisa computer. Apple Lisa Mouse (A9M0050) was the very first commercial mice sold in the marketplace. It was based on the mouse used in the 1970â² on the Alto computer at Xerox Parc.