MS Clippy is Dead...Long Live Laura

No, Laura isn't actually a human being, but she's more life-like than Clippy, the annoying Microsoft Office 97 digital assistant.

Fast forward more than ten years from Clippy's birth to that of Laura, a virtual assistant that rather than help correct grammatical errors, write a letter or navigate the Microsoft Office UI, helps to schedule travel reservations and book movie tickets. She even recognizes your attire and knows if you're engaged in a conversation so as to not interrupt -- quite the improvement from Clippy if you ask me,

Unfortunately, Laura has yet to come in other shapes or sizes.