Toshiba knows a thing or three about making great laptops which is why its entrance into the growing netbook arena has be hotly anticipated. It might be a little late to the party but the company has finally announced its first netbook, the NB100. Pushing the quality, rather than the cost angle, the NB100 can, according to Tosh, "be used as either for primary or secondary computing purposes, with a strong feature-set and high build-quality build making it an impressively versatile product." Powered by the Intel Atom chip, it comes with either Linux Ubuntu 8.04 or Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. It has an 8.9in widescreen TruBrite display [1024x600] which uses LED backlighting to conserve power. By the way, Tosh rates battery life at an unusually precise 3hrs 47 minutes. It offers Wi-Fi, an Ethernet port, 3 USB ports, an integrated 0.3MP webcam, and up to 120GB HDD - no SSDs here. Weighing under 1Kg, it comes in "Cosmic Black, Champagne Gold and Bright Silver" and will cost around £260 when it ships next month. That makes it cheaper [just] than Dell's new Mini 9.-Martin Lynch laptop toshiba news