Raise your hand if this has happened to you: You’re on an airplane, watching a movie on your laptop, when all of a sudden the screen goes dim. Or you’re giving a PowerPoint presentation and your PC ...

The programs we run on our personal computers can do some amazing things. Complex programs can give us access to the Internet, manage our personal finances, help run our businesses and more you name ...

WiebeTech on Wednesday introduced Mouse Jiggler, a USB device designed to keep a computer from entering sleep or screensaver mode. It costs $29.95. The Mouse Jiggler comes in two forms: the MJ-1, ...

Windows: If you have a quick-launching screen saver or have your laptop's screen dim itself on battery power, reading and watching videos can get annoying. Free app Mouse Jiggler keeps your computer ...

A device that moves an unattended mouse to prevent the computer from locking up after a period of non-use. A mouse jiggler is also used by remote users to fake working if their employers monitor their ...

It makes sense that mouse jigglers have gained prominence alongside the recent rise in jobs becoming remote positions. If more workers are working from home and away from employers’ direct supervision ...

More often than not, when law enforcement conducts a sting operation/raid, the headline — or at least the first few paragraphs — will detail the seizing of the perpetrator’s laptops, computers, and in ...

It’s getting harder to outsmart the digital minders at work. The rise of remote work and, in turn, employee-monitoring software sparked a boom in mouse and keyboard jigglers and other hacks to help ...

Attention, slackers — if you do remote work for a financial institution, using a mouse jiggler might not be the best career move. That’s what a dozen people learned this week as they became former ...

The agency uncovered more than 120 employees and contractors using the software, which simulates a mouse cursor moving, at two regional branches. EPA’s internal watchdog is advising the agency to ...