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 ...

"It looks like you’ve clicked on an article about 'Clippy.' Would you like to know more?" For a generation of Microsoft Office users, "Clippy’s" cheerful, if occasionally intrusive, pop-ups were an ...

It looks like you want to irritate Windows users. Do you want some help with that? There are some things that can't be unseen ...

Remember Clippy, a paperclip with floating eyes that served as Microsoft Office’s virtual assistant in the late ’90s and ...

Microsoft is bringing back its long-retired Clippy to some of its key products -- but only as an emoji, not in its previous role as a digital assistant that many people found very annoying. Microsoft ...

Classic Microsoft Windows (particularly Word) users know him well. Clippy, the ever faithful, ever annoying Office assistant is back to offer his help, whether you like it or not! A hilarious video on ...

Microsoft Teams with Clippy, the original virtual assistant of the messaging software, comes back after it was removed 20 years ago. However, the new version will not be as useful as its previous ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Jul 14, 2021 at 1:15 pm July 14, 2021 at 1:15 pm ...

Microsoft’s Clippy is the oft-bemoaned helper of Windows software until the friendly and overzealous paper clip was killed off for Office 2007. Detested by consumers and Microsoft alike, Clippy didn’t ...

The dream of the '90s was alive in Microsoft Teams this week when Microsoft's old office assistant, Clippy, showed up. If you used Microsoft Office between 1997 and 2001, you likely remember Clippy as ...

A team of innovation specialists at the Census Bureau is working to speed up the process for getting security authorizations—known as an authority to operate, or ATO—for new systems and applications.

Microsoft’s iconic virtual assistant first appeared in Windows 97 as a small paper clip to help Microsoft Office users. It was given the boot by Office 2007, according to CNN Business. Recommended ...