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Rupert Goodwins' diary
Blog That squirming, gurning, smug little paperclip that set up home in the bottom right hand corner of Office screens around the world and would NOT go away. I prefer to think that the severed head of a paperclip that Bill Gates found on the pillow one...
[April 12, 2001, 16:47]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog You remember I was really nice about Microsoft getting rid of the dancing paperclip in Office XP? Friday You remember I said it was a sign of sanity and real customer awareness? Well, it's still there.
[June 1, 2001, 18:13]
We all live in a Windows submarine...
Talkback I wonder if the paperclip and sniffer dog will get a new uniform? It will be fine, so long as they are running a non MS firewall and switch off all the default services. Or just never switch the box on in a hostile enviroment.
[October 26, 2004, 16:31]
Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
Talkback Imagine buying a car that was advertised for its security features and then someone manages to steal it using a paperclip - the criminal may be the person to blame, but the manufacturer shipped an insecure product despite the knowledge that...
[January 27, 2004, 23:34]
Gmail Skins
Downloads This allows you to view weather reports, rss feeds, news headlines, flickr recently added, google calendar module etc from your inbox; Easily insert images from your Picasa Web album in to your emails; Insert smileys/emoticons and images in to...
[September 27, 2007, 16:15]
Crash Pro
Downloads For some devices you may even find yourself in a frantic search for a paperclip to be able to actually do the reset. Even PalmOS applications sometimes crash. Most annoyingly the on-screen reset button often does not work, requiring you to take...
[March 3, 2008, 6:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Mr Myhrvold is on sabbatical from his post in charge of Microsoft's multi-national, multi-billion dollar R&D division (most notable output to date: a dancing paperclip) for a year. Monday 31/5/1999 Bank Holiday.
[June 4, 1999, 19:54]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Mr Myhrvold is on sabbatical from his post in charge of Microsoft's multi-national, multi-billion dollar R&D division (most notable output to date: a dancing paperclip) for a year. Monday 31/5/1999 Bank Holiday.
[June 4, 1999, 18:54]
A Year Ago: Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Mr Myhrvold is on sabbatical from his post in charge of Microsoft's multi-national, multi-billion dollar R&D division (most notable output to date: a dancing paperclip) for a year. Monday 31/5/1999 Bank Holiday.
[June 5, 2000, 8:01]
A Year Ago: Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Mr Myhrvold is on sabbatical from his post in charge of Microsoft's multi-national, multi-billion dollar R&D division (most notable output to date: a dancing paperclip) for a year. Monday 31/5/1999 Bank Holiday.
[June 5, 2000, 7:01]
Who needs a word processor?
Talkback We also won't pester you with licensing updates and a paperclip. Thank you for mentioning gOFFICE.com in your article. Microsoft's announcement of their new anti-piracy campaign may drive even more end-users to the online office suites.
[April 26, 2006, 18:35]
Toshiba Portégé M700-110 review
Reviews This leaves open the possibility that some object — a paperclip, for example — may find its way between screen and keyboard, causing damage. Design The Portégé M700 is a mid-sized 'thin-and-light' notebook weighing 2kg: it's comfortable enough to...
[April 15, 2008, 12:05]
Nokia vs Apple: The hidden scandal
News When dealing with simple things such as a better paperclip or a novel, the commercialisation of the rights is a straightforward bargain between the creator and the consumer — albeit with plenty of opportunities for middle men.
[October 26, 2009, 15:29]
Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
Talkback Imagine buying a car that was advertised for its security features and then someone manages to steal it using a paperclip - the criminal may be the person to blame, but the manufacturer shipped an insecure product despite the knowledge that...
[January 27, 2004, 21:48]
2.30 am
Blog PS Only Apple would make their own paperclip to eject the sim tray. Back form a Vodafone Portugal launch of the iphone, 100 lucky guests to get the phone at midnight, hamburgers and donuts served - pity portuguese nibble are SO much better.
[July 11, 2008, 9:20]
Microsoft teaches 'safe practice' computing on-screen
News Microsoft has attempted to "help" its users with software in the past using utilities such as the assistant used in the Office suite, which was an animated paperclip -- and more recently a dog -- that popped up with suggestions on how to improve...
[April 28, 2004, 10:05]
MySQL 4.1 moves in on Oracle
News For example, we're not going to add feature parity to the point where we add Clippy the paperclip. MySQL, the company which sells services for the MySQL open-source database, will release the production version of MySQL 4.1 on Wednesday.
[October 26, 2004, 16:55]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Otherwise we'll end up with the geniuses behind the Office Paperclip creating pocket psychoanalysts who pop up and say "Why the long face? Friday 28/11/2003 Sony has big ideas, some of which are scary.
[November 28, 2003, 15:20]
MoGo Mouse BT review
Reviews Connecting to your notebook is straightforward: first you turn the mouse on by flipping down its ‘kickstand’, whereupon the optical sensor gives off a single red flash to let you know the mouse is powered; next you need to press on an area marked...
[February 20, 2007, 8:16]
Researchers hack 'tamper-proof' PIN terminals
News What should have required $25,000 needed just a bent paperclip, a needle, a short length of wire and some creative thinking; attaching them to the data line takes minutes with some practice," said the paper.
[February 26, 2008, 17:34]
