2010 Search

20 reconstructed results for xp in the 2010 exhibit.

1. 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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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. A typical 2010 Windows laptop - Core 2 Duo, 4 GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive and a DVD burner

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/typical-2010-laptop

   The mainstream laptop of 2010, from Dell, HP, Toshiba or Acer, ran Windows 7 Home Premium on an Intel Core 2 Duo or the new Core i3, with 3 or 4 GB of RAM, a 250 to 500...

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4. Windows Live Hotmail - The world's biggest webmail, redesigned

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/hotmail

   Hotmail, by then branded Windows Live Hotmail, had hundreds of millions of accounts in 2010, many of them the first email address people ever created. A mid-2010 update...

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5. Windows Live Messenger (MSN) - Nudges, winks and display names full of lyrics

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/windows-live-messenger

   Still called MSN by almost everyone, Windows Live Messenger was the dominant instant messenger outside the United States in 2010, with hundreds of millions of users. Its...

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6. Windows Phone 7 launch phones - Samsung Focus, HTC HD7 and the Metro tiles

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

   Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 in Europe on 21 October 2010 and in the US on 8 November, with phones such as the Samsung Focus, HTC HD7 and LG Quantum. The Metro...

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7. 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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8. 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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9. Netbooks - Tiny, cheap Atom laptops at their peak, then killed by the iPad

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/netbooks

   Netbooks, the 10-inch, $300 laptops with Intel Atom chips that had exploded in 2008 and 2009, peaked in 2010. They ran Windows 7 Starter or XP slowly, had cramped...

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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. Google Talk and Gmail Chat - Chat inside your inbox

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/google-talk

    Google Talk, and the Gmail Chat box built into the Gmail sidebar, let people message and video chat without installing anything. In 2010 it was quietly replacing AIM for...

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16. Nokia N8 - A 12-megapixel camera and the last hope for Symbian

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/nokia-n8

    The Nokia N8, released in October 2010, had the best camera on any phone, a 12-megapixel sensor with a Carl Zeiss lens and HDMI output. It ran Symbian^3, which reviewers...

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17. Microsoft Kin - The social phone that lasted 48 days

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/microsoft-kin

    Microsoft's Kin One and Kin Two, aimed at teenagers who lived on Facebook and Twitter, went on sale in May 2010 on Verizon and were discontinued on 30 June, after...

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18. Hard drives and the first SSDs - A terabyte for under $100, or 80 GB of flash for twice that

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/hard-drives-2010

    In 2010 a 1 TB desktop hard drive cost under $100, but solid-state drives were still exotic: an 80 to 128 GB SSD cost $200 to $300. Enthusiasts installed them as boot...

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