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When Joel returned, I could look over his shoulder as he surfed the Net. It was weird but oddly riveting to see his cursor click, click, click its way across my screen. But in the end, there were no busty babes, no Catholic school girls looking for trouble. He actually spent most of his time on CNN.com...
...demonstrate, Avid effects specialist Kent Petersen clicks on a video clip of two actors walking against a blue backdrop. Petersen points his cursor to a scene of a grassy field, drags it over the icon of the clip, and suddenly the actors are strolling through the field. Something's missing, though. Petersen pulls down an editing menu and clicks, and shadows appear behind the actors...
...touch? With Logitech's new iFeel mouse ($39.95, for Windows only), you can find out. Through the magic of force-feedback technology, the iFeel actually creates the illusion that you are touching icons, links and menu items by bumping and vibrating when you move the mouse to drag your cursor over them on the screen. Let your fingers do the surfing...
...ride did have its share of bumps, literally. During rough spells, I was unable to type without the cursor bouncing across my laptop screen. Back in the dining car, where a line snaked into the next coach compartment, riders grabbed whatever they could to keep beverage and person upright...
Seven-year-olds navigate unerringly through the minuscule screen that is the porthole to Pokedom, punching two tiny buttons and a cross-shaped cursor bar to find their way. It's a more difficult task for adults. But if you choose to play, you assume the role of a Pokemon trainer. Your goal is to travel the world collecting one of every Pokemon species. To acquire that collection, you need Pokemon to subdue Pokemon (they are then stored in handy containers called Pokeballs, hence the etymology of Pokemon, short for Pocket Monsters). The battles are mediated by the electronics...