Originally published July 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified July 30, 2007 at 2:02 AM
Technology Briefs
Northwest Airlines pilots stay home; 200 flights dropped
Northwest Airlines' cancellations continued Sunday, with more than 200 flights dropped as pilots stayed home, saying they were pushed to...
Northwest Airlines' cancellations continued Sunday, with more than 200 flights dropped as pilots stayed home, saying they were pushed to the limit of hours they are allowed to fly each month.
The airline blamed the pilots, who in turn blamed the airline for failing to address staff shortfalls
Northwest, which emerged from bankruptcy reorganization in May, canceled 514 flights Friday through Sunday evening.
Northwest canceled more than 2,000 flights in June, many of them toward the end of the month.
Federal rules set the monthly maximum at 100 hours. But if pilots fly 100 hours a month year-round, they would surpass the 1,000 hours of annual flight time allowed.
Airline spokesman Roman Blahoski said pilots weren't being asked to fly more than 90 hours a month.
Citizen journalism
Startup NowPublic reels in $10 million
NowPublic, a startup that lets nonprofessionals post news accounts and images on its Web site, said today it had raised $10.6 million in venture capital.
Rho Ventures and Rho Canada led the financing. Canadian venture-capital groups Brightspark and GrowthWorks Capital, two early investors in the Vancouver, B.C., startup, also participated.
NowPublic.com said more than 100,000 people from more than 140 countries have uploaded text, photos, video or audio to the site. The Associated Press began working with NowPublic this year to get information, images and video from citizen journalists for distribution to news organizations.
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EU case alleges antitrust violations
Intel broke antitrust laws by giving illegal rebates to customers to wrest sales away from rival Advanced Micro Devices, European regulators said.
The European Commission is bringing a formal case against the world's biggest computer-chip maker.
A statement of objections, or an official charge sheet, was sent at the end of last week, the European Union's antitrust regulator said.
The decision to file charges caps a six-year investigation in Europe into discounts to PC makers.
Intel abused its dominant position by encouraging customers to avoid dealing with its only rival, Advanced Micro said in a 2005 lawsuit.
Pew Internet
Internet video watched daily
One in five online Americans view video over the Internet on any given day, thanks to speedier Internet connections and a wider selection of clips, a study finds.
Young adults watch in greater numbers and often turn to humorous clips, while all other age groups use video mostly for news, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said.
On a typical day, 19 percent of U.S. Internet adults watch some form of video. News ranked first and comedy second overall.
Compiled from The Associated Press, Detroit Free Press and Bloomberg News
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UPDATE - 06:01 PM
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UPDATE - 09:38 PM
New General Motors expected to exit Chapter 11

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