Everything you always wanted to know about hardware (*but were afraid to ask)
This isn’t necessarily news, but interesting all the same. Its a very in-depth build guide on the AVSforums that goes into incredible detail discussing various components and interfaces in the current generation of computers. This really is a must read for anyone looking to build an HTPC from scratch (and has a lot of free time).
(Thanks to RobJ on the SageTV forums for linking to this)