A newsreader for Windows Phone that hits all the right spots for me. 

in a detailed post on the Building Windows 8 blog today, Steven Sinofksy details the UI philosopy for Windows 8.

Andrew Phillips of the Biological Computation Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge has been honored by MIT Technology Review for his work in computer-assisted genetic engineering.

nsquared, a Microsoft Partner from Australia shows what's possible when you bring together Windows Phone, Surface, Windows 7 and Kinect. WANT!

Nieman Journalism Lab heads the the New York Times Lab and finds the future of the newspaper on your coffee table. Maybe.

It is hard work, but Microsoft support engineers have done some pretty amazing work to improve the performance and user experience of Windows.  Part of that includes creating the Windows Error Reporting Tool.

As the holiday season winds down, a look over the horizon at what's next on the Next at Microsoft.