Flash!
The MSDN flash is a great way to stay in touch with what's going on at Microsoft in general and especially what's happening in the UK. Why not take a look at the 21st February edition of the archives in which Tim and I contribute to the feature article about the British Library Turning the Pages application (yep, sorry for the disservice in my 'Mr hate blogs' post Tim!)? You could even subscribe to it and then you'll know as much (or as little) as I do about what is going on.
By the way, I'm hoping to find some time to drill into the experiences we had of building the launch applications over the last year and maybe interview the guys on Channel 9 so you get the full "the good, the bad and the ugly" picture.