Every dog has his day. And the Web’s most celebrated canine is getting more than one. The Pets.com sock puppet–perhaps the best-known icon of the dot-com boom and bust–is coming back from the Internet ...

Sock Puppets allows just about anyone to quickly and easily create short animated movies using not only sock puppet characters, but (via in-app purchases) aliens, politicians and Halloween characters.

SAN FRANCISCO — It wasn’t his first job choice, but at least the Pets.com sock puppet hasn’t joined the high-tech unemployment line. One of the most recognizable icons of the dot-com era has a new ...