It’s 1997. You’re hooked up to a modem and are typing away on a Microsoft document when an animated paperclip pops onto the screen. “It looks like you’re writing a letter. Would you like help?” was a ...

(NEXSTAR) – A tiny anthropomorphized paperclip is making a comeback as people revive Clippy’s memory in protest. Remember Clippy, a paperclip with floating eyes that served as Microsoft Office’s ...

"It's probably the most annoying innovation Microsoft has added to Office in years," was one of the more polite descriptions of Microsoft's animated Office assistant, which first reared its ...

If you miss the Clippy days of Windows, then I’ve got good news for you. Software company FireCube has resurrected Clippy and infused it with the power of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. FireCube’s take on Clippy ...

Illustrator Kevan Atteberry doesn’t seem to mind that everyone’s making freaky fan art of his more famous creation, Clippy (aka Clippit/the Office Assistant), the iconic paperclip virtual assistant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "It looks like you've clicked on an article about 'Clippy.' Would you like to know more?" For a generation of Microsoft Office ...

Microsoft's much-maligned mascot Clippy is coming back from the dead - but only as an emoji. Clippy the paperclip was a simplistic virtual assistant who offered tips and advice to Microsoft Office ...

João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also love all things tech and videogames, especially Nintendo, which he's always ...

Clippy is, at this point, one of the icons of the ’90s PC boom, along with the flying toasters screensaver, the Windows start-up sound, the dancing baby GIF, and pretty much everything related to AOL.

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Monica Nickelsburg on Jan 4, 2017 at 5:09 pm January 4, 2017 at 5:16 ...