Citing well-known lousiness of wireless mouse battery life, Apple has filed a patent application for a hybrid tracking low power wireless mouse. See geek details here but the gist of it is you'd have a mouse that would only need a new battery once a year instead of the every six-eight weeks it does now. (Personally, I use rechargable batteries in my Logitech Laser and it works perfectly well.) [GT]
Apple granted patent for ‘hybrid low power computer mouse’ [via Gizmodo]
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