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Google’s Gmail Motion prank on April Fool had left many in the tech world wondering why Google, or just anybody else, wouldn’t make it real. Now it has emerged that researchers at the University of Southern California have made it real by using Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect peripheral. They hacked into the Microsoft Kinect's motion-sensing technology and also used what they have called the Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST) to create what Gmail brushed off as a prank.

The question is whether the prank, in time, will turn the heat on its inventors, demanding reincarnation in true form. Like, as they say, a character setting out in search of his creator. Think about Google wizards being tormented in sleep by ghoulish Gmail Motion stillborns!

Microsoft Corp is not planning any more versions of its unpopular Zune digital media player, but is to continue offering music and video using the same software online, through its Xbox game console and on its Windows phones.

Hackers recently took Micosoft for $1.2 million by stealing Microsoft Points used in the company's Xbox Live Marketplace.

Microsoft's Kinect sensor systems sold ten million units since their launch in November to grab the Guinness world record for the fastest selling consumer electronics device.

Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it has sold more than 10 million Kinect motion-sensing game system units worldwide in just over four months, making it the fastest-selling consumer device on record.

Software giant Microsoft said it plans to release a non-commercial Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) this spring.

Even with sales shrinking, one analyst sees the video game industry turning the corner this year.

Just days after DICE formally confirmed the 2011 fall release of Battlefield 3, the media is abuzz with reports on new leaked details and speculations.

Microsoft Corp notched its best ever month for the Xbox in December, selling 1.9 million of the game consoles, helped by its new Kinect hands-free system and the latest in the blockbuster 'Fable' and 'Halo' game series.

Microsoft Corp sold more than 8 million of its Xbox Kinect motion-sensing game system in its first 60 days since launch, outpacing its target of 5 million and outshining Sony Corp's competing Move.

Steve Ballmer gives a keynote address at the CES going over Xbox, Windows PC and Windows Phone 7 capabilities.

Wii, Kinect and Moves may be getting people to flay their arms around but it is still the console games which are exciting the gamers

Thanks to hackers, the Kinect has been popular for more than just gaming.

Activision said its sales of its latest video game Call of Duty: Black Ops have surpassed the $1 billion mark since its launch in Nov.9, as global audiences have logged billions of hours online with Call of Duty games

Call of Duty: Black Ops is the quickest video game ever to reach the $1 billion mark.

New research from Clemson University says helmet-mounted technology, a key component to virtual reality and a new feature in video games, can cause motion sickness.

A recent report from Nielsen says gaming consoles are taking over the living room as people use them for a wide range of tasks.

The brokerage maintained its 'buy' rating on shares of the software major with a price target of $33.

A strong turnout by shoppers for Black Friday boosted U.S. video game sales 8 percent last month, marking the strongest November on record, but sales for the whole year are likely to be flat at best, according to retail research firm NPD Group.

Sony Corporation of America's CFO Robert Wiesenthal said the company will bridge the gap between the media and Hollywood, as a content creator and an electronics manufacturer.