Here's a related Wired article from 2008: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/briton-invented/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/briton-invented/ Edit

Here's a related Wired article from 2008: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/briton-invented/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/briton-invented/ Edit: At the time, it looked fishy. I did some digging, & it looked plausible enough: http://www.metafilter.com/74747/The-Birth-of-the-Ipod#2251516 http://www.metafilter.com/74747/The-Birth-of-the-Ipod#225151...