Valve's Gabe Newell sends along word that Valve is looking to hire a programmer to do some console development. Since the subject of the email was "No, we're not announcing anything," I won't speculate what this is about, and just pass along the message:

We're thinking about doing some console development, but that will depend upon finding a senior programmer who wants to do console work here at Valve. We're scratching our heads a bit about how to find such a person, and I figured we could put the word out to you and see if anyone were interested. Anyone who'd like to talk to us should send email to billvb@valvesoftware.com.