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Clippy is back, and this time it's coming for your browser
Clippy is backAgain.
The world's most infamous paper clip is back in the form of a Chrome extension called Clippy Everywhere! Once installed and activated, the extension creates (or, more accurately, recreates) Clippy's creepy/cute animate antics every time you visit a web page. It asks you with those weird eyes, "Hi I'm Clippy! I'm the browser assistant and my job is to help you navigate this page. Do you need assistance?"
Its usefulness, or rather its lack thereof, ends there. Unlike the Microsoft version, which actually did provide assistance when asked (not that we ever did), the only other thing this Clippy can do is stare at you with those creepy eyes. Occasionally I saw it dart its eyes over the yellow paper, and just about five seconds ago it appeared to have turned itself into a... hole-puncher? a stapler? a frog? You be the judge: Read more...
More about Chrome Extensions, Clippy, Microsoft, Nostalgia, and Digital AssistantsOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/j2rXW0uz-B4/
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