There have been several incidents of lithium-iron batteries catching fire, but they’ve mostly affected laptops. On Wednesday, however, 12-year-old Henry Clay from Detroit found that hisSony PSP burst into flames in his pants pocket, Vnunet reports. On Click OnDetroit, the boy’s mother, Sheila Clay, explained, "He said it wasn’t a gradual heat. It really started heating up. He’s always been taught burn – fire – smoke, you drop and youroll. So, he dropped and rolled." The handheld wasn’t on, as it was nine a.m. and the boy was in class. A teacher was able to remove the PSP from his pocket, and as a result Claywas treated for second-degree burns to his leg. In a slightly ironic touch, the Burn Out game was in the handheld at the time. Sony has had battery fire problems with its notebooks before, butnot a PSP. If this turns out to be the tip of the iceberg, it could seriously hurt its position against other devices like the Nintendo DS.
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PSP Catches Fire
Mr. Bill Coming to Amazon Unbox
Digital Music Group (DMGI), a digital distributor of independently owned music, television, film and video catalogs, announced today they are bringing more than 4,000 hours of video content to the Amazon Unbox video download service. This content, which includes some well known television shows, will begin debuting this summer.
DMGI currently controls the digital distribution rights to a variety of programming ranging from classic television shows such as "Gumby," "I Spy," "My Favorite Martian," and "The Mr. Bill Show" to comedy from Sam Kinison, Andrew Dice Clay, and Jamie Foxx, to contemporary content from superstar illusionist Criss Angel. Amazon Unbox is not the first digital video service DMGI has signed to put its content on – it also has deals with YouTube, the iTunes Store, Google Video, and In2TV, among others.
