Three R's: Reading, Writing, Rebooting

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Eleven programs designed for the children's educational software market are featured in a Software Buyer's Guide. Mathematical skills are emphasized in SuperMentor's $30 Stuart Little: His Adventures in Numberland. Astronomy is the focus of Fisher Price's $20 Rescue Heroes: Meteor Madness. Broderbund Software's $30 Kid Pix Deluxe 3 teaches the basics of art. Humongous Entertainment offers Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove, Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your HEad to Your Feet, and Backyard Football 2002. Knowledge Adveture markets a Web authoring program, HyperStudio 4.0, and Reading Blaster Mission 3: The Secret of Islandia. The Learning Company's entries include ClueFinders: The Incredible Toy Store Adventure, Zoombinis: Logical Journey, and Zoombinis: Mountain Rescue.

Software, Marketing, Instructional materials industry, Buyers Guide, Multimedia authoring software, Sports/gambling game, Computer sports games, Online gambling, Software buyers' guide, Learning Company Inc., TLC, Fisher-Price Inc., Children's educational software, Humongous Entertainment Inc., Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet (Children's educational software), FFP, Supermentor, Broderbund Software Inc., Knowledge Adventure Inc., BROD, Stuart Little: His Adventures in Numberland (Children's educational software), Rescue Heroes: Meteor Madness (Children's educational software), Kid Pix Studio Deluxe 3.0 (Children's educational software), Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove (Children's educational software), Backyard Football 2002 (Sports/gambling game), Reading Blaster Mission 3: The Secret of Islandia (Children's educational software), ClueFinders: The Incredible Toy Store Adventure (Children's educational software), Zoombinis Logical Journey (Children's educational software), Zoombinis Mountain Rescue (Children's educational software), HyperStudio 4.0 (Multimedia authoring software)

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The Sims who die with the most toys win

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The Sims provides the player with a virtual household and a family. The player assigns personalities to individual characters. The object then is to manipulate these characters to keep them happy. In Sim world, this is mainly accomplished by sending them shopping. But they have to work to have the money to spend. The game throws in randomly generated complications (fire, theft, infidelity) to keep the story interesting. Some players may find this cross between Barbie's dream house and an ant farm too restrictive.

Statistical Data Included, Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Column, Computer games, Maxis, The Sims (Strategy game)

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New uses help intoduce Linux operating system to non-Geeks

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The Linux operating system is now being implemented in personal digital assistant products. Two upcoming examples of this trend are the Sharp Zaurus SL-5000D, which incorporates the same Intel chip found in the Apple iPAq system, and the $249 Agenda VR3 from Agenda Computing.

Electronic computers, Software Publishers, Japan, Systems Software Pkgs (Micro), Usage, Computer industry, Product description/specification, Operating system, Operating systems (Software), Operating systems, Design and construction, Technology application, Personal digital assistants, Personal digital assistant, Product application, Open source software, Linux (Operating system), Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan), Agenda Computing Inc., Sharp Zaurus SL-5000D (Personal digital assistant), Agenda Computing VR3 (Personal digital assistant)

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