Webkinz

KidZui’s Parent Plan Lets Children Explore in Safe Corner of Web

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 20, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

A new service called KidZui aims to offer kids a safe subset of the Internet where they can roam freely without triggering parental worry.

Jurassic Perk: A Dino at Home

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on February 6, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

UGOBE’s Pleo, a $350 baby dinosaur, is a fun and interesting robot/life form. But while the Pleo’s reactions and movements are endearing, many of them run together after a while with only subtle differences.