Thought this would be something everyone in here would like to know, even if it's not directly SE4 related . . .
Masters of Orion 3 has gone gold (released to manufacturers to produce copies of the finished product, wrap it up and ship it to stores)!
More info here:  
Yahoo Press Release and of course on the 
MOO3 official homepage. 
Maybe I should put a warning so noone has a heart attack from playing MOO3 and SE4 at the same time...   
  
- b00tch