NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided new images of Saturn’s moons Tethys and Hyperion, showing features not seen before.

Last weekend, Cassini flew closer than ever before to each of them.

From Neiman Marcus……..

“Put yourself in Dan Wheldon’s shoes—or, more precisely, his seat—and experience the thrill of The Greatest Spectacle in Racing®.

• This life-size, custom-painted IndyCar® Series Car, a replica of the 2005 Indianapolis 500® Mile Race winner driven by Wheldon, features a high-tech flat-screen monitor with stand, IndyCar Series 2005 video game, and all related electronics, so you can compete with as many as 32 other “drivers” from Pole Day to Bump Day to Race Day at the Indianapolis 500 and 14 other IndyCar Series tracks that make up the IndyCar Series Championship.

• Fasten your seat belt, because the racing action is amazingly realistic and authentic, right down to the TV-style presentation with race introductions by ABC Sports® broadcasters. Delivery not included. “

If you can afford it’s $65,000 purchase price, you don’t need to sweat the delivery cost.

Complaints.com is a database of personal, first-hand, consumer experiences with products and services.

This information is collected from Complaints.com site visitors, and published to the Complaints.com site for the primary benefit of consumers to learn from the personal experiences of other consumers.

At least that’s what they say…. but check it out for yourself. I typed in "Verizon" and saw 682 complaints.  Hmmmmmm……..

Here are some search syntax basics and advanced tricks for Google.com. You might know some of these, but you’ll probably learn something new about Google you didn’t know as well.  It may come in handy in future searches.

Check out this neat use of Google Maps.  NYC map with traffic cam locations on it.  Click on any cam to see it live. Fun!

Buy robots, rent robots or have your birthday party at the new Robot Village on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.  Adult evening classes are also available.  You can buy online too if you’re not in the NYC area.  Check it out….

Apple Computer is acknowledging a flaw in its new iPod Nano music player, offering to replace for free models that shipped with a defective screen that is prone to cracking.

Sony continues to enhance AIBO’s usability factor with its most obvious and, possibly, smartest upgrade yet—voice interaction.
 
The Sony AIBO ERS-7M3 will have a 1,000 word vocabulary that, Sony promises, will allow the dog to carry on simple conversations with you. When the new robotic pup ships later next month, it will be able to greet you when you come home, ask you about your day and even tell you how its own day went. The default voice is somewhat child-like, but users will, with the included Sony Entertainment Player software, be able to adjust the age and sex of AIBO’s speaking voice.

A Microsoft Windows PC that has not been updated for security vulnerabilities will be compromised by some from of malware within minutes of connecting to the Internet. Take steps to protect yourself before you start Web surfing.

As a part of what he says is his life’s most important work, MIT Media Labs director Nicholas Negroponte is on course to deliver a $100 laptop to the people who need it most: the world’s children.