Dave Swerdlick and his daughters, Hannah, 9, and Zoe, 6, spent a few minutes hashing that out, then it was time for Zoe to work her magic. "Hey, you -- we're gonna have a blast," the first-grader said ...

The Wonderful World of Webkinz: 2005-??? Born in the hazy, nostalgia-filled years of the early 2000s, Webkinz was nothing if not a product of its time. A 2D computer-based video game paired with a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover what's new and trendy online. This article is more than 4 years old. Webkinz, the stuffed plush toy that has come to life ...

Interactive Webkinz keep kids glued to the computer. April 12, 2007 — -- Remember the Tamagotchi craze? Or Beanie Babies? Put them together and you've got Webkinz, the latest toy phenomenon ...

If you have or know a kid around 6 to 8 years old then you probably have heard of Webkinz and chances are you too may have been bitten by the bug. Webkinz are real small plush toys that virtually live ...

It's Friday afternoon, and I've called 12 toy stores in the San Francisco Bay Area. All have the same frustrating answer: "We're sold out of Webkinz...sorry. We hope to get a shipment soon." I have no ...

The phone calls begin to pick up in early afternoon, after school gets out. Often, it’s kids. But sometimes, say the managers of The Wishing Well in Cherry Hill, N.J., parents are among the 20 to 40 ...

Claim: Children's Webkinz are being murdered online. My children came home from school today, and all the talk in first and second grade was of some kind of webkinz malware. A black, red or yellow box ...

For about a week my 6-year-old son, Mark, was having a grand old time on Webkinz, one of several children’s Web sites that have exploded in popularity in the last year or so. Then it dawned on him.

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Earlier today, it was reported that a hacker had infiltrated the Webkinz database and leaked the usernames and passwords of over 32 million players. Thankfully, these accounts do not store any ...

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