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Taken from http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/technology/ipod-invented-by-furniture-salesman/2008/09/10/1220857628946.html
Apple has admitted it did not invent the iPod, which was in fact the brainchild of a British man who patented his prototype 30 years ago.
Kane Kramer, now 52, took out a worldwide patent in 1979 for a media player that looked similar to the iPod but could store only 3.5 minutes of [...]