I suggest taking a look at the CableCARD Primer which gives a good overview of this topic.
Btw, CableLabs is one word (no space inbetween).
"Really, FlipStart gives you everything that your laptop does," said Robin Budd, senior director with FlipStart Labs, a Seattle-based subsidiary of Allen's Vulcan Inc. "We're not promoting the idea that you would do CAD design on it, but for Office applications and most of what people do with their laptops, it's great."
The major difference between bonds and bond traders is that the bonds will eventually mature.