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Games so good you can taste them If you think video games are engrossing now, just wait: PlayStation maker Sony has been granted a patent for beaming sensory information directly into the brain. The technique could one day be used to create videogames in which you can smell, taste, and...

The Public Patent Foundation is questioning how Sun Microsystems Inc. is granting the open-source software community rights to more than 1,600 of its patents. PUBPAT's executive director, Dan Ravicher, wrote in an open letter Friday to Sun's chairman and CEO, Scott McNealy, that there are...