Roundup: Is Apple doing a video phone? Blue Monster tattoo man laid off, and H-1B worker woes

Here’s the latest action:

Is Apple planning a video phone feature for the iPhone? The recent patents for multi-touch displays also yield some interesting details about how Apple could put a video recording feature and a videophone on the iPhone. EE Times has more.

Will Charter Communications file for bankruptcy? Reuters reports that the cable giant is weighing the option to deal with its $21 billion debt load.

Western Europe sees growth in mobile social networks: Usage is growing for social networks in Europe, and that’s driving mobile Internet use.

Guy with blue monster tattoo among those laid off at Microsoft: He became famous for putting Microsoft’s unofficial logo on his arm. But blogger Dan Woodman continues to profess, “I love this company” and says his plan is to get rehired.

OS X and Windows 7 see Internet market share jump in January: Net Applications reports that there’s a growth in both of the operating systems in terms of computers accessing the web.

Netflix thinking about premium content streaming for $9.99 a month extra: Netflix sent a survey asking customers if they would pay more for new premium services such as HBO. Hacking Netflix got word of it.

Super Bowl broadcast hijacked by porn in Arizona: Comcast subscribers in Southern Arizona saw porn instead of the last three minutes of the Super Bowl on Sunday. The company says it believes it was a malicious act. (The Janet Jackson image here should spark some memories of related trouble at the 2004 Super Bowl.)

Mind Candy buys education site TutPup: Expanding its reach into the kids market, Mind Candy, the publisher of Moshi Monsters, has acquired TutPup, a kids education site.

H-1B visa holders face deportation after layoffs: Inflexible immigration law means that immigrant tech engineers and others — even those educated at American universities — could be deported if they can’t find jobs quickly after being laid off. The Mercury News has more.