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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...