From Nikon, a Full-Frame Camera at a Smaller Price

Nikon’s D700, priced at $2,995, packs the considerable abilities of the company’s hefty $5,000 flagship, the D3, into a more svelte 2.2-pound device.

On the Road: Bag Helps Laptop Pass Air Security

New laptop bags approved by the Transportation Security Administration make it possible to go through X-ray inspection without having to take the laptop out.

France Télécom Moves On as Bid Fails

France Télécom that it would turn its attention to acquiring smaller companies in Africa, Asia and the Middle East after dropping its $42 billion offer for TeliaSonera.

Bits: Intel Bets on the Past

Intel has always believed in backward compatibility. In the world of handhelds and smartphones, that may not be enough of a margin.

Rocky Mountain conservation deal tops $500 million

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Some of the most prized land in the northern Rocky Mountains is being protected from development in a conservation land deal hailed as the largest of its kind in U.S. history….

Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug

NEW YORK (AP) — In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a research project. She felt like she was taking off. She saw colors. Then it felt like her heart was ripping open. But she called the experience joyful as well [...]

Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 update

Apple late Monday releases another update to its Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system. The update includes a raft of security and performance tweaks for iCal, Airport and more.

HTC Touch Pro for Sprint/Verizon Gets FCC Approval

There’s good news for people in the United States who are eager to get their hands on the HTC Touch Pro: a version this upcoming Windows Mobile smartphone has received FCC approval.

Bits: Google and the Anti-Obama Bloggers

Google freezes, then unfreezes, a number of anti-Senator Obama blogs, saying it was a mistake caused by e-mail spam.