Video: All The Times Microsoft Was Actually Ahead of the Curve

Microsoft just unveiled its crazy, futuristic HoloLens, but this isn't the first time the company was on the cutting edge. 

For example, though much-maligned in the '90s, Microsoft Office's annoying assistant, Clippy, is actually a predecessor of today's virtual assistants, Siri and Google Now.

In 2006, Microsoft's Ultra-Mobile PC introduced the idea of a computer small enough you could carry it around everywhere. That idea still holds today, in the form of smartphones and tablets. 

Check out the rest of Microsoft's tech innovations in video from CNET, below: 

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