There have been cases reported in the past of Apple’s smartphone unexpectedly burning but this time, a new video posted on YouTube is claimed to have captured it all on camera.
A report from the Finnish publication SK24 reported that the owner of the iPhone and the person depicted in the video below is 17-year-old Henri Helmisen.
In the video, you can see the teenager getting out of a van and starting to walk across an empty asphalt lot.
Suddenly, you see smoke coming from his pants and the …

VLC is now available for your Android mobile viewing pleasure. The free, popular media player that supports almost all media file types is currently on its beta stage of development.
In 2010, an iPhone version came up on the iTunes App Store but was pulled out just as quick. Apple iPhone users, who only have a mediocre selection of playable media types that are native to the handset, met the arrival with prompt willingness. The anticipation of running VLC on Android is not as exciting, …

In a statement that defies the gloomy disposition of tech industry observers with struggling Research In Motion (RIM), CEO Thorsten Heins said on Tuesday that “there’s nothing wrong” with the BlackBerry-maker.
In an interview with the Metro Morning radio show of the Candian Broadcasting Corp, Heins – who replaced former co-CEOs and co-founders Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis in January – is quoted as saying: “There’s nothing wrong with the company as it exists right …

“iPad”, the name that got handset magnate Apple and People’s Republic of China into an argument, is due to be settled with Apple’s agreement to pay $60 million. The firm can finally penetrate the Chinese market with its latest tablet.
Shenzen Proview Technology, a long-existing Chinese company, has claimed ownership of the “iPad” name since 2001 in the country; nine years before Apple’s first tablet launch. After a resolution has been raised to the Guangdong High People’s Court …

Microsoft has provided official software development tools for ‘Kinect for Windows’, the PC version of its Xbox 360 peripheral, movement-based controller device that is preconfigured to work on Windows 7 or 8 operating systems.
Originally for the Redmond-based software giant’s Xbox 360 gaming console, hackers immediately worked out a method for Kinect to interface with the PC. They are even writing their own software for this task.
However, a slew of these unofficial Kinect for PC …

 
Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom has revealed information he says point to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden calling the shots on the shutdown of the Mega empire of sites.
Dotcom revealed the information to TorrentFreak which says that Dotcom got his insider information from a credible but unnamed source.
“I do know from a credible source that it was Joe Biden, the best friend of former Senator and MPAA boss Chris Dodd, who ordered his former lawyer and now state attorney Neil MacBride to take …

Mozilla has announced that seven telecoms carriers, which include U.S.-based Sprint, will be the first mobile operators to support the organization’s mobile OS based on HTML5.
According to a post on InformationWeek, “Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefonica and Telenor are supporting Mozilla’s Firefox OS, though the extent of that support remains unclear. Mozilla has lined up endorsements from executives at its new carrier partners, but those …

Microsoft will offer a $40 Windows 8 Pro upgrade to users who have Windows XP or later for a limited time only.
The Redmond-based software giant’s promo will run until January 31 of next year. However, it only applies to users who will purchase it through the company website, Windows.com. Those who will buy a Windows 8 Pro packaged DVD upgrade need to pay $30 more – and this $70 fee is within the promo period only.

Windows 8 Preview Menu (Image: Ceo1O17, via Flickr / CC)

Microsoft …

Facebook recently made abrupt changes to email addresses that agitated and stirred up its massive user base. Now, these users have another thing to complain about and get their hands full: the world’s largest social networking site has modified address books and lost email messages.
The new moans on Facebook that set off all the web logs on the Internet seems to affect individuals with mobile devices or software that syncs their address book with their Facebook contacts.
Facebook users last …

Apple has accumulated over $150 billion in revenue since its massively popular and record-breaking iPhone handset launched five years ago. After the tech giant – under the successful management of the late Steve Jobs – introduced the iPhone to the public, the iOS-based smartphone sold more than 250 million units worldwide. Research firm Strategy Analytics, however, believes that the next five years will not be simple and as lucrative as it was for Apple.
Neil Mawtson, executive director of …