I am back in the UK at last. To say I feel tried would be an understatement, I am knacked but that is CES for you, good job it's once a year!

So before I get set for a couple of unplugged days, here are some items doing the rounds on the blogs

• Big Screen Updates and other News, Niall has been busy at work and launched a new site to go with his fantastic applications, more details on his blog
• Media Center Finally Gets Live Messenger Plug-in
• Chris Lanier gets a Zune, welcome to the social Chris ;)
• lifextender gets an update (Commercial Skip application)
• How close is DirecTV’s PC tuner?  Ed Bott on DirectTV tuner