Designtechnica's got the specs & some shots of an HTPC that looks like it packs all the features you could ever want.... straight out of the box.

"The Ultimate E2 Media Center PC by ABS Computer Technologies is a home media computer powered by Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005. It is designed to fit into your home entertainment system, dropping the traditional desktop chassis in favor of a more vertical look similar to DVD players and audio receivers."

GCC 4.0's due out relatively soon. Think there'll be a whole bunch of early-adopters? Heh.

"For example, the current version of GCC can optimize small, local parts of a program. But one new optimization, called scalar replacement and aggregates, lets GCC find data structures that span a larger amount of source code. GCC then can break those objects apart so that object components can be stored directly in fast on-chip memory rather than in sluggish main memory."

"Tongue in cheek comic book style gaming" is what Hexus is declaring this new third-person game about a bunch of superhero's out to save the world.

"From the 2D artwork and lettering prevalent through the non-game screens through to the super-cheesy square jawed, deep voiced heroic dialogue, FFvsTTR just roars out with fun and light heartedness from the rooftops rooftops it could clear in a single bound, no doubt."