Harmony Central isn't the only place for NAMM news - regarding Open Labs, it appears that they weren't happy with Steinberg's V-STACK VST program (which got mediocre reviews anyway) so they developed their own Karsyn "VSTi rack" program especially for live use. The program will be included with Neko and by itself:
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=1285