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Take Two

Why the computer mouse won't go extinct any time soon

By Take Two Staff
Published Mar 6, 2014
Maverick the American Short Hair Silver Classic Tabby plays with a computer mouse and his laptop during the press preview 11 October, 2006, at the 4th Annual CFA Iams Cat Championship hosted by the Cat Fanciers' Association at Madison Square Garden.
Maverick the American Short Hair Silver Classic Tabby plays with a computer mouse and his laptop during the press preview 11 October, 2006, at the 4th Annual CFA Iams Cat Championship hosted by the Cat Fanciers' Association at Madison Square Garden.
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TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
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Why the computer mouse won't go extinct any time soon

Here's a great SAT word: Obsolete. As in "no longer used because something newer exists."

An adjective some could say might apply to the computer mouse. Many a mouse has disappeared as users turn to trackpads instead. But there's no fear of the mouse becoming completely obsolete. At least not according to our next guest, Geoff Fowler, personal tech columnist with the Wall Street Journal.