Toy Companies Turn to the Web to Make Their Toys Come Alive
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By Anne D'Innocenzio  As kids keep getting plugged into the Internet, toy makers are following them online.
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The company is seizing on the popularity of widgets â small online tools that function like mini-Web sites â for its latest push into advertising.
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The website HealthyToys.org provides parents and gift-givers a much-needed resource to help weed out the toys that contain high levels of lead, arsenic, mercury, PVC plastic, and other chemicals.
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U.S. toy makers may have trotted out a laughing Elmo, a life-sized miniature pony and a digital camera for 3-year-olds this year, but the new products may not be enough to pull the industry out of a slump.
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The web as your auld grannie might have wished it
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Entertainment companies increasingly turn to virtual worlds as a source for new content.
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Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and their pals are starring in their own Web site &#151; the first in a series of new creative efforts launched by The Walt Disney Co. since buying the Muppets in April.
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Company beefs up online service for shipping business information between firms over the Net.
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Children have always enjoyed  make-believe. Now, some new Web sites are letting them live out  their fantasies in virtual worlds using self-designed avatars.
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The Web hasn't killed the zine, say some artists. In fact, it may be driving interest in the ultimate staple of DIY culture.
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The "dino-bot" is an open-source toy that lets users create new emotions and movements that they can share with others.
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As computers and hand-held electronic gadgets eats into sales, this holiday season promises to be an especially competitive one for toymakers.
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TechWeb - From snazzy wireless e-mail solutions to jazzy camera phones, Tis The Season for gee-whiz tools and toys.
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Several companies are creating online systems to let ordinary people create useful computer applications by combining different information sources.
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The holiday season may come with a little extra cheer for U.S. toy makers this year.
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Virtual reality might finally be the medium that unites the passive experience of watching television with the interactive potential of the Web.
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Everyone wants to be a designer. That's the value proposition of JuJups.com, a new online service claiming it will allow consumers to design their own personalized and customized 3D-content.