A cursor is a moving marker or pointer that indicates a position. English-speakers have used the term with this meaning since the 16th century, for a wide variety of movable or mobile position-markers.
The literal meaning of the original Latin word cursor expresses the idea of someone or something that runs.
The word cursor may refer to any of the following:
Microsoft to ratchet IE8 security another notch in Beta 2
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:00 -0700
Sometime in August, Microsoft plans to release Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8. Yesterday, I spoke with Austin Wilson, Director of Windows Client Product Management at Microsoft, about some of the security-related changes due in this milestone, and got a preview of the changes announced today. Here are some details...
Sony PlayStation's site SQL injected, redirecting to rogue security software
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:10:06 -0700
The latest high trafficked web site to fall victim into the continuing waves of massive SQL injection attacks courtesy of copycats and the ASProx botnet, is Sony's PlayStation U.S site according to a recent post at SophosLabs's blog : "Researchers at IT security firm Sophos have warned lovers of...
Stop the madness: 10 steps to kill failures
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:30:30 -0700
Are you too pussy-footed to pull the plug on projects that will inevitably fail? If so, you're not alone. Whether through fear, denial, or ignorance, many organizations don't kill their doomed projects fast enough. It's a darn shame because these lousy things can drive everyone crazy while burning scarce resources....
SlideShare: user communication failure
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:20:27 -0700
While Enterprise 2.0 applications can be useful, hassles sometimes abound. In this case, I innocently tried to upload a simple file to SlideShare, only to learn things aren't always straightforward.After attempting to upload the file, I received an error message stating in part: There's a big chance this is...
What programming language should we teach?
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:21:54 -0700
I had a discussion shortly before the end of the year with one of our exchange students regarding a programming class I wanted to teach. My goal was simply to introduce programming concepts and algorithmic thinking. Heck, I'd be happy if the kids could walk out of the...
Eclipse Foundation delivers Ganymede train with 23 cars, but where are the cloud on-ramps?
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:28:47 -0700
Now that the Eclipse Foundation has proven it mettle with delivery of consistent and complete packages of downloads -- now's the time to take this puppy to the cloud. I'd like to see more integration between Eclipse products and cloud-based development, integration and deployment services. And I'm not alone on...
404Ample Cursors - Free collection of static cursors for the desktop.
Anicursor: Animated Cursors - Deirk's Cursors and special cursors. Information, troubleshooting, software information, and a cursor forum.
Meta Description: [ Animated Cursors. Information, troubleshooting, software ]
Comet Cursor - Cursors include Angels, arrows, astrology, auto, baby, cats, Christmas, dogs, Dragon Ball Z, fantasy, flags, flowers, football, Holiday, joke, Nsync, Peanuts, Pokemon, South Park, toys, winter, and wrestling. You will need Internet Explorer 4 or greater.
Cursor and Icon Software by Janet Parris - Meticulously hand-drawn cursors of many varieties, colors, styles, and sizes over two hundred customized Macintosh cursors freeware and shareware.
DaWindow's Animated Cursors - Animated cursors for download featuring cartoons, anime, movies, TV, or other related things Jackie Chan, Totoro, Star Wars, Taz, Robotech, Keroppi, and many others.
Free Cursors - 100's of free cursors and cursor manager program. Collection of static and animated sets with animal, joke, and family friendly themes.
Meta Description: [ Free Cursors to Download. Large, High Quality Collection of Free Cursors. Animated Cursers with No Spyware, No Pop-ups, No Spam! ]
Internetbabs Animated Cursor Sets - Freeware animated cursor sets for Windows.
Meta Description: [ Freeware animated cursor sets for Windows 95/98. ]
Joe's Cursors - Free animated cursors for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000. Includes color themed sets as well as a set of high visibility cursors for kids or the visually impaired.
Meta Description: [ Free Animated Cursors for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. ]
Myspace Cursors - Free collection of custom myspace cursors with css codes specifically developed for use on Myspace layouts, blogs, and web pages. Includes a cut paste cursor code generator.
Meta Description: [ MySpace cursors and custom Cursor codes for Webpages, Myspace Profiles, and Blogs. ]
Pet and Animal Cursors - Critter Cams, and Pet Angels. Categorized list of cursors including animals, holiday themes, smilies, flags, and cartoon characters.
Shayla Cursors - Alpha-blended cursor sets for Windows XP
Sion's Animated Cursors - A small collection of animated cursors.
Meta Description: [ A small collection of animated cursors ]
World Of His Own's 3D Animated Cursors - Over 300 3D animated desktop cursors in .cur and .ani format, 3D web graphics and 3D desktop wallpapers.
Meta Description: [ FREE original 3D animated cursors and mouse pointers, 3D fantasy desktop wallpapers and 3d screensavers. ]
This is a video demonstrating how to create a custom mouse/cursor to use for your computer. Hope you enjoy. I did make a ...