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Microsoft's Clippy, the cartoon paperclip helper, might come back as an emoji, the company said. More than 320,000 users across Twitter and Instagram have said they want to bring Clippy back. Clippy ...

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 ...

MICROSOFT’S Clippy was one of the most annoying features ever, but there’s probably a lot you don’t know about the famed paperclip. For those born before the late 90s, the little paperclip character ...

Shockingly, Microsoft’s Clippy has fans. and they’re responsible for bringing it back — in a limited form. Windows users can’t escape Clippy. The much hated personal assistant is coming back.

Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. In 2021, meme culture is everpresent. In 1997 it was still developing, but Clippy, the Microsoft Office for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clippy's back, y'all — and more powerful than ever. The former Microsoft Office mascot — technically named Clippit, though pretty ...

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 ...

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.