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THESE 'CATS' COULD CHASE OFF YOUR MOUSEWHEN IS A COMPUTER MOUSE not a mouse? When it's a cat. To keep up with the added capabilities in Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system and the ever-growing influence of Web browsers, Cirque Corp. has introduced its Cat series of touchpads. The new $29 Easy Cat features a textured area in the upper right corner that mimics the right button of a typical mouse. That gives Cat users the same capability as double-tapping on the right to bring up a standard pop-up window for such tasks as creating a new document. Another model, the $49 Smart Cat, adds two textured buttons, labeled ''forward'' and ''back,'' at the top of the pad to navigate Web pages without having to move the on-screen cursor. Scrolling down a long Web page requires just a swipe of a finger down a textured strip on the right side of the pad. And the top-of-the-line $79 Power Cat features a stylus to easily add digital signatures to on-screen documents. The Cats are due in computer stores by Aug. 1.
EDITED BY PAUL M. ENG
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