Looks like 2004's going to be a big year for portable music. Apple's soaking up a lot of press lately after it launched the iPod Mini at the latest Macworld Expo.

On the other side of the spectrum, amidst the slew of multi-gigabyte hardrive players, Sony is struggling to keep the Minidisc format alive. It did a pretty good job by the looks of it. It recently unveiled the Hi-MD.

What a way to start the year. I wonder if it'll be harder to copy music when these babies become more proliferate.