Lenovo’s iconic crimson red TrackPoint nub, which has been going strong for three decades, is a staple of ThinkPad laptops. However, this year at CES, Lenovo announced that it’s ditching the nub on ...

People love their tech, and feel like something’s missing when it’s not there. This is the story of one person’s desire to have the venerable trackpoint in their new keyboard. [Klapse] loves a Lenovo ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It goes by many names: the TrackPoint, the nub, the mouse nipple, the pointing stick, the weird red dot on your ...

The X9 14 and X9 15 Aura Editions are Copilot Plus PCs with slim designs — and no nubs in sight. The X9 14 and X9 15 Aura Editions are Copilot Plus PCs with slim designs — and no nubs in sight. is a ...

Since IBM launched the ThinkPad in 1992, the iconic laptop has carried a unique identity with it in the form of a small red "button" located between the G, H, and B keys on the keyboard. But this ...

The people who flocked to Bluesky were exactly the type of people you don't want to be social with. Use URL clues, technology checkers, source code, GitHub repositories, and company job postings to ...

Announced at CES this year, Lenovo's ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II is now available for purchase. It has USB Type-C, Bluetooth 5 for Swift Pair, 2.4GHz wireless, and more for $99.99. Earlier this ...

Love it or hate it, TrackPoint can be a powerful tool. Love it or hate it, the idea of moving the mouse without removing your hands from the keys has an appeal. [Alon Swartz] incorporated one into his ...

The Lenovo ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II ($85.99) takes the ThinkPad experience back to its Japanese minimalist roots. Inspired by the simple design of Bento lunch boxes, distinctive black ThinkPad ...

As computing devices shrink, Microsoft seems to think that a trackpoint, or “thumb mouse,” might be a good idea, especially if it hides a practical surprise: a fingerprint sensor that could be used to ...