I never said I had inside info and neither does DBSTalk, if they do, it's a conflict of interest. If you are so loyal to DBSTalk then why are you here?
Who's loyal? I've seen a lot of your posts lately and you act like you're trying to get the "scoop" or something.
The facts on CE's are this:
1) Anyone can see what software versions are in the "stream" via a public web site and could make a prediction by what shows up. And as Jimbo says, there has been a CE pretty much every weekend for the past year or so with very few exceptions so it's no stretch to expect another one this weekend.
2) Earl or Tom (who happen to be mods at DBSTalk) get the official "go ahead" from DirecTV and get the release notes
DBSTalk has no "inside info" other then DirecTV is working with the mods there to release the information. Would be no different if they were working with the mods at AVS or here at Satguys.