MAJOR PROBLEM - Wireless Mice spontaneously stop working!

I have gone through three wireless mice now. The kind with USB recievers, I mean.
The first was a Kensington Slimblade, which stopped working back in March. It would not work on either of my family's iMacs, OSX or Boot Camp.
I had it sent back under warranty, thinking it was faulty. I recieved a new one and it worked fine until June.
Now I'm thinking "What a crappy manufacturer. I'll go elsewhere for products, thank you." So I buy a generic wireless mouse from Wal-Mart, hoping it will work.
It didn't. It just stopped working today. But here's the kicker: It broke down EXACTLY like the two Kensington mice. If it had stopped working any other way I would have thought "It's my fault for using a cheap, generic product." But no, it stopped working exactly how the ones from a BRAND NAME manufacturer did.
So it's not poor quality, and it's not the brand. And here's another kicker: The second Kensington mouse stopped working in Boot Camp (Windows XP). But the generic mouse stopped working in Mac OS X (Leopard)!
So. What the heck is going on? I'm this close to forgetting about ordinary wireless and using Bluetooth, but I'm not sure if that will work either. Is there any way I can fix this?
Thanks in advance.

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