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Section 4

2010 Search

Ten blue links, green URLs, and results as you type. Reconstructed from the exhibit's records, never faked from history.

30 reconstructed results for Science Technology in the 2010 exhibit.

  1. Cracked.com - 6 Reasons the Listicle Ruled 2010

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/cracked

    Cracked.com, the former humour magazine, was at its peak in 2010 with numbered list articles about history, science and pop culture that were funnier and better...

    WebsiteSupportedReconstructed result

  2. Know Your Meme - The internet's meme encyclopedia

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/know-your-meme

    Know Your Meme documented the origin and spread of memes with the seriousness of an encyclopedia and the deadpan of a science show. Started by the Rocketboom video blog...

    WebsiteSupportedReconstructed result

  3. Webcomics: xkcd, The Oatmeal, Hyperbole and a Half - The comics that lived in Google Reader

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/webcomics-2010

    xkcd's stick-figure science jokes, The Oatmeal's ranting infographics and Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half were among the most-shared things on the 2010 web, spreading...

    CultureSupportedReconstructed result

  4. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  5. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  6. 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,...

    TechnologyVerifiedReconstructed result

  7. 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...

    TechnologyVerifiedReconstructed result

  8. 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,...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  9. 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...

    TechnologyVerifiedReconstructed result

  10. 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...

    TechnologyVerifiedReconstructed result

  11. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  12. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  13. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  14. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  15. 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...

    TechnologyVerifiedReconstructed result

  16. Yahoo! - The portal: mail, news, Answers and Flickr

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/yahoo

    Yahoo! was still one of the most-visited sites on Earth in 2010, thanks to Yahoo Mail, the news-heavy portal homepage, Yahoo Answers, Flickr and Yahoo Finance. Under CEO...

    WebsiteSupportedReconstructed result

  17. 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...

    TechnologyVerifiedReconstructed result

  18. 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...

    TechnologyVerifiedReconstructed result

  19. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  20. 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...

    TechnologyVerifiedReconstructed result

  21. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  22. 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...

    TechnologyVerifiedReconstructed result

  23. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  24. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  25. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  26. 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...

    TechnologyEditorialReconstructed result

  27. 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...

    TechnologyVerifiedReconstructed result

  28. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

  29. 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,...

    TechnologyEditorialReconstructed result

  30. 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...

    TechnologySupportedReconstructed result

The search engines of 2010

  • Verified

    Google

    Ten blue links, and results that appeared as you typed

    Google in 2010 was a white page with a colourful logo, one box and ten blue links. The year began with Google refusing to keep censoring results in...

    searchgooglegoogle instant

  • Supported

    Ask.com

    The former Ask Jeeves gives up on search

    Ask.com, once Ask Jeeves with its butler mascot, still had a few percent of US searches in 2010, largely through toolbars bundled with downloads. In...

    searchask.comask jeeves

  • Supported

    Baidu

    China's search engine, after Google walked away

    Baidu was already the dominant search engine in China when Google stopped censoring google.cn in March 2010 and redirected users to Hong Kong....

    searchbaiduchina

  • Supported

    Bing

    Microsoft's one-year-old "decision engine"

    Bing had launched in June 2009 with a photographic homepage and a marketing budget that called it a "decision engine" rather than a search engine. In...

    searchbingmicrosoft

  • Supported

    Wolfram|Alpha

    A computational knowledge engine

    Launched in May 2009, Wolfram|Alpha answered questions by computing rather than searching: type a maths problem, a date, or two cities and it...

    searchwolfram alphamaths

  • Supported

    Yahoo!

    The portal: mail, news, Answers and Flickr

    Yahoo! was still one of the most-visited sites on Earth in 2010, thanks to Yahoo Mail, the news-heavy portal homepage, Yahoo Answers, Flickr and...

    portalyahooemail

Why these are not real Google results

Historical search result pages cannot be reproduced faithfully: they depended on the day, the location, the logged-in account and an index that no longer exists. Instead of pretending, this page searches the exhibit's own records and presents them in the visual language of a 2010 results page. Each result links to an entry with its sources and confidence label.

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