The pocket-sized digital music player iPod, which can store thousands of songs, is one of a series of gadgets banned by the Ministry of Defence for fear they can be used to siphon information from a computer. Apple CEO Steve Jobs (news - web sites) is shown introducing the iPod at the 2004 Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, January 6, 2004. REUTERS/Lou Dematteis
July 15, 2004
Sony Corp (news - web sites). employee Mamiyo Kawasaki reads Japanese novel 'Botchan' written by Soseki Natsume, one of two giants of the early modern Japanese letters, on the Librie electronic book at a Sony office in Tokyo Monday, May 17, 2004. The 190 grams (7 ounces) Librie, which measures 19 centimeters (8 inches) by 13 centimeters (5 inches), looks so surprisingly close to real easy-on-the-eyes paper it has potential to grow into a handy option for portable reading, if the device ever catches on enough to generate a satisfying selection of things to read. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
