No matter what generation you’re from, what year you were born, we all learned to type practically the same way – on some variant of the keyboard that stemmed from the original, spaced keys of the ...

Last week, I embarked on a quest to make my life more difficult—learning the Dvorak keyboard layout for the purposes of comfort and, possibly, even speed gains. The exercise could pay long-term ...

UPDATE: The results of the QWERTY study described in this story were questioned by independent researchers, and the study authors have responded to the criticisms. See note below. A keyboard's ...

Alternative keyboards have been around for a long time, and while the traditional QWERTY keyboard won the fight, that doesn't mean the other layouts aren't worth considering. Advocates for alternative ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

The QWERTY keyboard has made surprisingly few advancements since its early 1870s invention. While the technology using QWERTY keyboards has changed drastically, the layout has remained relatively ...

Colemak puts the 'F' just above your left middle finger. That's in the 'E' spot for all your QWERTY people. So next time you find yourself overly frustrated with Dvorak's F, just think, hey, I could ...