Apple releases a pencil-thin iPod that rivals the iPod shuffle in size, but can play 1,000 songs on its flash drive. And it comes with a color screen. Read the full story.

J.K. Rowlings finally wises up to the fact that people were turning to pirated copies on the Web after being denied the ability to buy the Potter books as digital files. Now she's releasing digital audio versions of the first six books via the iTunes Music Store. Read the full story.