X of the Year

South Bend 15-year-old headed to finals of BMX Park at X-Games

29 Jul 2010

South Bend 15-year-old Brett Banasiewicz advanced to Saturday's BMX Freestyle Park Finals with the 2nd best performance in qualifying at the X-Games Thursday.

X Prize Offers $1 Million For Oil Clean Up Solutions [XPrize]

29 Jul 2010

# xprize The X Prize Foundation, which spurs scientific and technological innovation with the greatest of incentives, a big pile of money, hopes we'll have a significantly improved method for cleaning oil by this time next year. The carrot: a cool million. More »

Droid X makes right connections

29 Jul 2010

Trying out an Android phone from Verizon is quickly becoming the same old song, but it's a genuine classic that never gets dull. This time it's the Droid X, released July 15, from Motorola, which has built a beautiful beast of a smart phone screaming with speed, style and size. It sells for $199 after a $100 rebate and a two-year contract.