In Microsoft Windows, the cursor blinks whenever you click editable text. It blinks to stay visible, helping you notice its position in long documents. In shorter stretches of text, such as your ...

I do a lot of writing in Emacs in a plain text console -- it's a lot easier to focus when you don't have the option of goofing off on instant messenger and the Web. The one downside is the ...

The screen pointer that appears when text can be highlighted or edited. The text cursor is a vertical line (|). Also called a "caret," "i-cursor" or "I-beam," it may or may not blink. If the cursor is ...