Copy and paste may be the most important computing technology of the past 30 years. That may sound odd, but just think how much you rely on it. Most of us use the Copy and Paste commands multiple ...

After the death of Larry Tesler this week, New Atlas takes a brief look back at the invention of those now-ubiquitous computer commands: cut, copy and paste. “When I make a copy-paste error, unlike ...

Copying and pasting have been important functions for computers from as far back as 1983 when it was conceived by Larry Tesler, who was working for Apple at the time. They have since made repeating or ...

CUPERTINO, CALIF.- Apple Inc. is updating its software for iPhones so users can cut, copy and paste text -- a basic computing feature missing from the gadget that seems to do everything. At an iPhone ...

I’m always fascinated that someone designed just about everything you use, no matter how trivial it is. The keyboard you type on, the light switch you turn on, even the faucet handle. They don’t just ...

One of the most common early complaints about the iPhone was its lack of support for cut, copy, and paste text editing capabilities. In fact, Apple didn’t add a copy-paste feature until 2009’s release ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as “cut,” “copy” and “paste,” has died. He was 74. He made using computers easier for ...

The man who created the computer shortcuts including "cut," "copy" and "paste," has died. He was 74. "The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more was former Xerox researcher Larry ...

In human-computer interaction, cut and paste and copy and paste are related commands that offer a user-interface interaction technique for transferring text, data, files or objects from a source to a ...