Bonus.com Named Best Kids' Site of 1998; Kid-Friendly Web Site Earns Family PC's Highest Honor.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 1998--Bonus.com the SuperSite for Kids has been named "Best Kids' Site" of 1998 in the July/August issue of FamilyPC magazine. Launched in January 1997, Bonus.com (http://www.bonus.com) was created to provide a free, protected playground for kids on the World Wide Web and has quickly become one of the most popular online destinations for children. "We built Bonus.com to provide kids with a treasure trove TREASURE TROVE. Found treasure. 2. This name is given to such money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion, which having been hidden or concealed in the earth or other private place, so long that its owner is unknown, has been discovered by accident. of enriching and entertaining activities," said Lucy Rector RECTOR, Eccl. law. One who rules or governs a name given to certain officers of the Roman church. Dict. Canonique, h.v. , managing editor of Bonus.com. "This award from FamilyPC and their thousands of 'Family Testers' is truly an honor." FamilyPC continues to be the most influential computer magazine for families and is highly regarded for collaborating with real people in real homes to rate today's PC software, hardware and Web sites. With an average issue audience of more than 1.35 million readers, FamilyPC is the leading source of information and inspiration for the booming family computer market. "It wasn't easy to narrow the list down, but our expert editors and a panel of 4,000 family testers nationwide have chosen the best software, hardware and Web sites of the year," said Joe Panepinto, editor of FamilyPC. "Bonus has built an entertaining Web site that boasts more than 650 Java games and over 1,400 different activities that take kids from the ocean depths to the farthest reaches of space." Kids who visit Bonus.com can learn about spaceships, comets Non-periodic comets are seen only once. They are usually on near-parabolic orbits that will not return to the vicinity of the Sun for thousands of years, if ever. Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the vicinity of the Sun after a number and other delights of the galaxy, go on an underwater trip with an awesome shark shark, member of a group of almost exclusively marine and predaceous fishes. There are about 250 species of sharks, ranging from the 2-ft (60-cm) pygmy shark to 50-ft (15-m) giants. They are found in all seas, but are most abundant in warm waters. , play an exciting multi-player game that hosts up to 1,000 players at one time, journey to ancient Egypt  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , read the latest gossip about their
favorite stars, find out how to get ahead in school, learn about
lizard-lipped dinosaurs <onlyinclude> This list of dinosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the superorder Dinosauria, excluding class Aves (birds, both living and those known only from fossils) and purely vernacular terms. and much, much more. Best of all, kids can roam
freely through Bonus.com and their parents can rest easy because all of
the activities in the SuperSite are found within Bonus.com's
protected environment.Appaloosa Interactive Appaloosa Interactive (formerly Novotrade International) is a corporation, founded in 1983 in Hungary, that produced numerous console games during the 1980's and 90's. has been designing and developing software for the electronic entertainment industry's leading publishers since 1983. The company has established itself as a key creative source for the industry and has developed an expertise in creating software for the home market. Appaloosa has committed the company's key technological resources and game development teams to create both publishing tools and highly interactive content for Bonus.com. Appaloosa's headquarters are in Palo Alto, Calif.
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