CeBIT's show floor doesn't open up until tomorrow (and yeah, we'll be storming it like no other), but Netgear's wasting precisely no time in unveiling its latest wares.

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Either way, we'll be in attendance for Intel and Samsung's CeBIT press conferences on the 9th just in case they are indeed the guts within Origami.

ENGADGET: Intel UMPC details begin to emerge -- products coming on 9th

While it's certainly tempting to wax philosophically about how Commodore has finally made the transition from 64KB of memory to 64-bit operating systems, the truth is that the company which just announced a line of boutique gaming PC's at CeBIT is far removed from the one that ruled the 80's and enhanced our droll elementary school days with some therapeutic Rampage.

ENGADGET: Commodore unveils boutique gaming rigs at CeBIT

At National Semiconductor's stand at CeBIT, a dozen or so WebPad vendors were displaying products based around the chip maker's integrated Geode processors and running operating systems ranging from Linux and QNX to Windows CE.

CNN: Technology - Ericsson's entry revitalizes WebPad scene

Now Toshiba is finally sticking up for itself, in specific response to Blu-ray's recent CeBIT press conference.

ENGADGET: Toshiba not so impressed by Blu-ray's victory cries HD

Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes told delegates at CeBIT that the EU's competitiveness is "under threat" if it cannot fill the expertise gap.

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We think PC Mag would agree that the company's quad-band GSM VK2020 musicphone -- that, like the models, we also spotted at CeBIT -- falls in line with this assessment, as their review highlights the handset's RAZR- and SLVR-killing thinness and "wow factor, " but knocks it on nearly every aspect important to people who actually like their stuff to function properly.

ENGADGET: VK Mobile's waif-like VK2020 musicphone reviewed Mobile

When we first heard MSI was showing off a device at CeBIT called the S30, we assumed it was the successor to the S20, the company's first Windows 8 Ultrabook.

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