25k apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace - impressive, but perhaps more impressive are some of the top quality apps that have been added (or with Foursquare, updated) in the last week.

With a young daughter, Netflix Just For Kids is a welcome addition to my XBox 360 - now I can leave her safe to choose her own titles with a kid friendly catalog. 

Remember Kinect Fusion? Real time 3D models using the Kinect sensor? That technology is being included in the Kinect for Windows SDK.

The Sculpt Comfort Keyboard from Microsoft is the result of research in to how we use keyboards - specifically the spacebar and back key.

The serene few hours before the show floor opened at CES gave me a chance to gather some quick thoughts on the next few days and highlights from the Steve Ballmer keynote.