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 ...

"It looks like you're writing an email. Would you like help?" If you used Microsoft Office during the 90s, these words (or similar) echo in your memory. The Office Assistant, better known as Clippy, ...

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried had one of the most recognizable voices in the world. With an expansive history in acting, he breathed ear-splitting life into a multitude of iconic characters. However, ...

Microsoft’s Clippy was put out to pasture a quarter century ago. This hapless, and some would say ‘irritating,’ productivity assistant would no longer be enabled by default in Office, starting April ...

Remember Clippy? It was the animated paperclip that "helpfully" assisted Microsoft Office users if they were typing up a Word document, making a PowerPoint, or working on an Excel Spreadsheet.

Kevan Atteberry, the man behind Microsoft Word's virtual assistant, had no idea how big Clippy would be today, especially after the growing disdain for the anthropomorphic paperclip throughout the ...

Microsoft has been making Windows-themed ugly sweaters for five years now. Clippy, the talking paperclip from Office, is this year’s entry, which goes on sale today. Microsoft has been making ...