Battery life is turning into a major selling point, as we discover when we tested Toshiba's new mini NB100 netbook.

Slim, good-looking and affordable – and you can even work outside in sunlight. Just note the niggles.

Optoma did this before, but the Toshiba is a better performer – it's a clever idea, and well-executed

Powerful and well featured, but the ergonomics and battery life let it down.

It lacks the frills of others here, but the Toshiba is ideal if you want a 17in screen at the lowest price.

The poor remote and menus outweigh its other merits.

Easily one of the cheapest 60GB hard drive cameras, but its image quality is cheap too.

No match for Sony’s SR12 on features, but incredibly easy to use and an ideal ‘my first HD camcorder’

Packed with features, but too bulky and expensive to compete.

Almost a year on the issue is still burning.

Toshiba’s new REGZA XV500 LCD television series, while boasting full HD tuner quality and a couple of clever specs, still makes us wonder whatever happened to SED?

Company gives up on HD-DVD.

No more HD DVD players, recorders, PC drives from March, but no mention of Blu-Ray option by Toshiba.

New models avoid the el cheapo tag, and it's probably a good thing if you're planning on running Vista.

Fingerprint scanner on two new phones in laptop crossover.

There's no annoyingly quirky keyboard. Finger's crossed, but Toshiba's pint-sized mini NB100 notebook looks like it will be a class act when it arrives.

The notebook giant is planning an ultra low-cost portable to join the ranks of the Eee PC and MSI Wind (though not necessarily a direct competitor, they say). Check out our pic, and first impressions.

'No decision has been made yet,' claims firm.

Cheapest high-def player now $299, but the question remains - will you be left with a lemon?

Price of HD-DVD players comes down, but is it too late?