Missing Remote has published a few great CableCARD articles, including some steps to take if your cable company doesn’t want to install a CableCARD in your PC.  A Vista PC with Digital Cable Tuners are CableLabs certified, so all US cable companies must provide CableCARDs to go with it.  A question has come up about the difference of your cable company installing vs. providing CableCARDs.  I’m not sure what the official wording is, but I’ll try and do a post later on exactly what the FCC statements say.

Missing Remote also published a CableCARD Resources article, of course I’d also suggest one of their first links on the list, that being my CableCARD FAQ.

Mary Jo says that Microsoft is seeking testers for something Media Center related, though the product is just listed as “Windows Media Center Tester Application.”  I have no idea if it’s something different then the next Media Center release; Mary Jo’s source says that hardware specs were a popular question in the survey, and while the sources thoughts of why those questions where asked are partly right, there is another reason they are usually asked.  I’ll leave that to others to speculate, but it's not too hard to get.