2010 Search

26 reconstructed results for Science Technology in the 2010 exhibit.

1. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 - The plugin that ran YouTube, FarmVille and every banner ad

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/flash-player-10-1

   Flash Player 10.1, released in June 2010, ran the YouTube player, Hulu, Pandora, FarmVille, every browser game and most animated adverts; Adobe said it was installed on...

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2. Windows 7 - The Windows people actually liked, one year old

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/windows-7

   Windows 7 shipped in October 2009 and by the end of 2010 ran roughly a quarter of the world's desktop web traffic, while Windows XP still ran about half. Its Aero glass...

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3. iOS 4 - Multitasking, folders, and a new name

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/ios-4

   Apple renamed iPhone OS to iOS with version 4, released on 21 June 2010. It added multitasking (in a limited form), home-screen folders, wallpapers, a unified inbox,...

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4. Android 2.2 Froyo - Flash on a phone, tethering, and a huge speed boost

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/android-froyo

   Android 2.2, announced at Google I/O in May 2010, made Android phones two to five times faster with a JIT compiler, added Wi-Fi hotspot tethering, Chrome-to-Phone, apps...

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5. Internet Explorer 8 - The default browser of Windows 7 and roughly a third of the web

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/internet-explorer-8

   Internet Explorer 8, bundled with Windows 7, was the single most-used browser version of 2010. It had tabs, a separate search box beside the address bar, Accelerators,...

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6. Firefox 3.6 - The alternative browser with a thousand extensions

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/firefox-3-6

   Firefox 3.6, released on 21 January 2010, was the browser of choice for people who cared, with about 30 percent of worldwide usage. It added Personas skins, plugin-crash...

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7. Google Chrome (versions 4 to 8) - The fast newcomer with tabs on top and one box for everything

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/google-chrome

   Chrome went from about 5 percent of worldwide browser usage at the start of 2010 to roughly 15 percent by December. Version 4 added extensions in January, version 5 in...

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8. Home broadband in 2010 - DSL or cable, a few megabits, and a router with WEP

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/home-broadband-2010

   About two-thirds of American adults had home broadband in 2010, according to Pew, mostly DSL or cable at speeds of a few megabits per second; the FCC's National...

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9. Mobile data in 2010: 3G, caps, and the first 4G - A megabit or two on a good day, and the end of unlimited

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/mobile-data-2010

   Most smartphones in 2010 used 3G networks that delivered a megabit or two in practice, enough for email, Facebook and a slow YouTube video. AT&T ended unlimited data for...

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10. Windows XP - Nine years old and still the most-used OS on Earth

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/windows-xp

    Windows XP, released in 2001, was still the most common desktop operating system in 2010, running about half of the world's desktop web traffic. Its green Start button...

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11. Windows Vista - The one everyone skipped

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/windows-vista

    Windows Vista, released to consumers in 2007, was widely disliked for its User Account Control prompts, driver problems and heavy hardware needs. By 2010 it was already...

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12. Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - The $29 upgrade with no new features, and the Mac App Store on the way

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/mac-os-x-snow-leopard

    Snow Leopard, released in August 2009 for $29, was the Mac OS of 2010: brushed-metal was gone, the Dock was a 3D shelf, Exposé and Spaces managed windows, and Safari 5...

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13. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) - Linux for people, with a new purple theme

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/ubuntu-10-04

    Ubuntu 10.04, released in April 2010, was the Linux distribution most likely to be found on a netbook or a curious student's dual-boot laptop. It introduced a...

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14. Android 2.3 Gingerbread - The version that lingered for years

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/android-gingerbread

    Android 2.3 Gingerbread arrived on the Nexus S in December 2010 with a darker, cleaner interface, a better keyboard, NFC support and copy-and-paste improvements. Because...

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15. BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) - PINs, the D and the R, and free unlimited messaging

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/blackberry-messenger

    BBM let BlackBerry owners message each other free over the data plan, with delivered and read receipts, group chats and PIN-swapping as a social ritual. In 2010 it was a...

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16. Windows Phone 7 - Metro live tiles and a fresh start for Microsoft

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/windows-phone-7

    Windows Phone 7 replaced the stylus-era Windows Mobile with a flat, typographic interface of live tiles and hubs, launching in October and November 2010. Reviewers...

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17. Symbian - The world's most-used smartphone OS, and nobody in Silicon Valley cared

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/symbian

    Symbian, the operating system on Nokia's smartphones, still had the largest share of smartphone sales worldwide in 2010, about 37.6 percent according to Gartner, ahead...

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18. Internet Explorer 9 Beta - Hardware acceleration and HTML5, in a minimal new frame

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/internet-explorer-9-beta

    Released on 15 September 2010, the IE9 beta was Microsoft's answer to Chrome: a stripped-back interface with tabs beside the address bar, GPU-accelerated rendering, and...

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19. Internet Explorer 6 - Nine years old, still used by millions, hated by developers

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/internet-explorer-6

    IE6, released in 2001, still had a meaningful share of browser use in 2010 (around a tenth worldwide, concentrated in China and corporate offices). Google dropped...

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20. Opera Mini - The browser that made feature-phone internet bearable

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/opera-mini

    Opera Mini compressed pages on Opera's servers before sending them to the phone, which made it the most-used mobile browser in the world in 2010, especially on feature...

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21. RockMelt - The social browser backed by Marc Andreessen

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/rockmelt

    RockMelt, released as a beta in November 2010, was a Chromium-based browser with Facebook friends down the left edge and feeds down the right, built on the idea that the...

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22. Browser toolbars - Yahoo, Google, Ask, AVG, MyWebSearch... stacked five deep

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/browser-toolbars

    Toolbars were the plague of the 2010 browser: bundled with Java updates, antivirus software and free downloads, they stacked below the address bar until the page was a...

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23. Safari 5 - Reader mode and extensions, in brushed aluminium

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/safari-5

    Safari 5, released on 7 June 2010 for Mac and Windows, added Reader (a clean article view), extensions, Bing as a search option and a faster Nitro JavaScript engine. On...

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24. Opera 10.5 and Opera 11 - Small share, big ideas: Turbo, Speed Dial and tab stacking

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/opera-10-5

    Opera had only around 2 percent of desktop browser usage in 2010 but kept inventing features others copied: Speed Dial, mouse gestures, Opera Turbo compression, and, in...

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25. Browser plugins: Flash, Java, Silverlight, QuickTime - The web ran on plugins, and every one of them wanted an update

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/browser-plugins

    In 2010 the browser was a host for plugins: Flash for video and games, Java for RuneScape and bank sites, Silverlight for Netflix, QuickTime and RealPlayer for media,...

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26. HTML5 - Native video, canvas and the end of plugins, still a draft

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/html5

    HTML5 was a working draft in 2010, but the fight over Flash made it a household word. YouTube launched an HTML5 player beta in January, Apple published a showcase in...

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