Clippy

Clippy is dead. That lovable animated paperclip in Microsoft Office that helpfully offered the phrase "it looks like you are writing a letter..." has not been included in Office 2007.

See http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/microsoft-clippy-rip-1997-2007/ and http://www.techsophist.net/?q=node/504 for more tearful goodbyes.