2010 Search

13 reconstructed results for os in the 2010 exhibit.

1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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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. 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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6. 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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7. Adobe Creative Suite 5 - Content-Aware Fill, and Flash CS5's blocked iPhone exporter

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/adobe-cs5

   Adobe CS5, released in April 2010, brought Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill (the demo video went viral), 64-bit Photoshop on the Mac, and Dreamweaver's CSS improvements....

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8. 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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9. Microsoft Office 2010 - The Ribbon everywhere, and Office Web Apps in the browser

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/office-2010

   Office 2010, released to consumers on 15 June 2010, put the Ribbon interface in every application, added the Backstage file view, and launched free Office Web Apps that...

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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. µTorrent - The tiny BitTorrent client on every second PC

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/utorrent

    µTorrent was the lightweight BitTorrent client most people used in 2010 to download Linux ISOs, and everything else. Its green-and-white window of progress bars, seeds...

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