A Consumer Product Safety Commission investigation is underway after a man says his 16-year-old son's iPod burst into flames while he was listening to it. He says it wasn't plugged into a charger and wasn't near a flame or heat source.
Stuart man says son's music player spontaneously caught fire at the beginning of March, and Apple has yet to give him an explanation
Getting a broken iPod fixed and text messaging for free are this week's topics on Art and Charlie's Weekend Web.
Wolfson Microelectronics saw nearly one fifth wiped off its share price Thursday following the admission it had lost key business supplier Apple. Despite the chip manufacturer's assertion that growth will absorb the impact of the loss, the news its semiconductors will not be used in the iPod nano and iPod touch players due this autumn sent its shares plunging as much as 25 percent.
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