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The Abacus Project 1.0 (Mac)

The Abacus Project is an adventure program designed to develop children's math, logic and problem-solving skills. On the way home from school, you fall into a mysterious underground laboratory. To escape the lab, you must solve a series of math puzzles. Hostile blobs, flying critters and other obstacles stand in...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Children, Ingenuity Works, Abacus Project, PDAs, Handhelds, Desktops, Strategy, Hardware, Management

Software downloads 2005-09-12

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Tags: INTERNET, fascism, LHC, sure sign

Discussion threads 2008-09-11

National Security and the PC

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Tags: Tools & Techniques, Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Network technology, Semiconductors, Sun Microsystems Inc., PC, software, chip

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

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Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-30

This molecule walks like a man

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Tags: molecule

Blog posts 2005-09-28

Bright ideas, big wait on tech payback

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Tags: Handhelds, Processors, Codd, Scientist/inventor UG, Newton, handheld, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-03-22