Along with numerous gadgets and gizmos, there are quite a few vendors with toys on display at CES this year. Among the many big names in the industry at the event is Mattel. The company had quite a ...

Most attention at CES is on things like 3D televisions and wristwatch cellphones, but those with a little turbonerd DNA are rewarded when they stop by Mattel's booth. Not only is the toy giant showing ...

The premise of Mattel's new toy + online environment, Xtractaurs, is a bit unlikely: Dinosaurs emerge again and start laying waste to human civilization. Your mission is to strike back — not with, say ...

Junior geneticists tinker with dinosaur DNA to help save Earth with Xtractaurs (Mattel, $19.99 for starter kit and $9.99 for Xtractaur creatures; requires Intel-based Mac or Windows XP/Vista PC and ...

Xtractaurs These dinosaur action figures have a virtual life of their own. Players use a “DNA-extraction gun” to capture a creature’s genetic blueprint and download it to a Mac or PC. Then they can ...