{"id":2732,"date":"2014-04-27T06:52:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T20:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2014-04-25T10:40:57","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T00:40:57","slug":"happy-32nd-birthday-to-the-computer-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/happy-32nd-birthday-to-the-computer-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 33rd Birthday to the Computer Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">April 27 marks the 32nd anniversary of the very first publicly available computer mouse in 1981.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A year later Microsoft introduced its first computer mouse, however it was only 15 years ago that we saw the demise of those frustrating mice with the little rubber ball inside.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s an interesting video that shows a brief history of the mouse, which goes back even further than when it became an everyday computer accessory.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/i7i3KZu2Nv0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 27 marks the 32nd anniversary of the very first publicly available computer mouse in 1981. 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