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 ...

Microsoft has added Clippy into Microsoft Teams as part of a sticker pack. “Clippy has agreed to come out of retirement! Whether you loved him or hated him, Clippy is back with a Retro Sticker Pack in ...

Do you remember Clippy? Before Cortana, Alexa, and Siri existed, the anthropomorphic paperclip-shaped assistant dominated the screens of computers everywhere in the 1990s to help Microsoft Office 2001 ...

"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 ...

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Clippy was Microsoft's first personal assistant, launched with Windows 97. While Clippy never got the love of users back then, it has become a fan favourite in recent years. Now, as Microsoft ...

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 ...

Reg reader introduces newborn to Microsoft ugly sweater. Child not amused Microsoft's latest line of festive knitwear has ...

Clifford Nass is a Stanford professor specializing in computer interaction. In this excerpt from his new book, The Man Who Lied To His Laptop, he talks about how he made Clippy lovable. Cliff will be ...

One of the most iconic pieces of software design ever is the Clippy (or Clippit) assistant that was baked into Microsoft Office up until 2007. Users had and still have somewhat of a love-hate ...

Baby boomer Bill Gates may remember the 1960s "Paul is dead" rumour that dogged Beatle Paul McCartney. Now, the Microsoft chairman is spinning his own urban myth for the millennium generation: ...

Microsoft has sneaked Clippy, one of its most beloved and hated characters, into the latest version of its mobile software. Recently, the Redmond, Wash., tech company unveiled Windows Phone 8.1 and ...