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Meet the new king of Toshiba laptops. The Toshiba Kira Book is a new model to look out for if you want a premium Windows laptop with a quality screen.

The new flagship ultrabook from Toshiba will feature a 2560x1440 resolution display and "white glove" service.

Toshiba is citing a plateau in notebook sales as one of the key reasons it is pushing into the premium space, with a new range of “game-changing” Ultrabooks that it says will offer a “new level in luxury computing”. Unveiled at a launch event in Sydney today, the Toshiba Kira range — Japanese for ‘shining light’ — is targeted towards aspirational purchasers and is set to be matched by an equally high-end retail campaign.

This premium laptop is designed to appeal to users who want the finer things in life

Today, we got our hands on the Toshiba KIRA, an “aspirational/luxury” Windows 8 touchscreen ultrabook that will retail for $2199 (Core i7 version). Boasting a “Pixel Pure” 13.3in touchscreen display with a native resolution of 2560×1440 pixels and a durable “honeycomb-structured” magnesium alloy chassis, the unit is clearly aimed at the fancy-pants demographic.

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Charlie puts one of Toshiba's Windows 8-enabled laptops through its paces. It also has a removable battery, Harmon Kardon speakers, plus a whole lot more.

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DICK Johnson Racing will turn back the clock at this year’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, today unveiling a special one-off livery that its Team Norton DJR Falcon entry will carry next week at Mount Panorama.

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Toshiba is taking to Sydney’s Martin Place this week with a pop-up experience centre targeted at spruiking the company’s brand message to consumers and to promote its successful partnership with gold medal-winning Olympic cyclist Anna Meares.

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Toshiba has been voted the winner of Canstar Blue’s customer satisfaction award in the TV category, receiving a five star rating for overall customer satisfaction.

Toshiba has launched six new LED TVs that offer a range of connectivity and picture quality options in time for the London Olympics.

Cinema-style movie viewing in your home is more accessible and affordable, claims Toshiba as it announces six new series of TVs.
Using Edge LED technology, Toshiba’s new range delivers clarity, vibrant colours and pronounced contrast, claims the company. Paired with Edge LED backlit screens, content comes to life with Toshiba’s picture quality.

The Japanese giant has announced 6 LEDs – 55" Full HD right down to a modest 23" TV/DVD combi – all with "stunning" picture quality and "Cinema-style movie viewing." Edge LED backlit screens, passive and active 3D, 1080p Full HD playback, web enabled, Tosh Remote App (iOS & Android), and Places a music, games and entertainment hub, are just some of the specs on the 2012 TV line up.

With six new ranges in the series (including VL, TL, RL, HL, EL and DL), the Japanese company is hoping to take the market by storm with technologies like edge LED backlighting, passive 3D, DLNA and internet entertainment connectivity

On paper, the Toshiba Tablet AT270 is one of the best designed tablets we've reviewed for some time. We particularly love the grippy, aluminium panel on the back. This surface makes the AT270 comfortable to hold and the metallic silver finish contrasts nicely with the glossy back front.

Japanese TV maker Toshiba has delivered a stylish new passive 3D smart TV that is $1,500 cheaper than their arch rival Samsung.

Japanese TV maker Toshiba, who has quietly lifted their share of the Australian TV market during the past 12 months, has hit out at the new generation of “bells and whistles” Smart TVs being pushed by brands like Samsung, LG and Panasonic.

The Toshiba Satellite U840W looks squashed at first glance, thanks to its unconventional 21:9 aspect ratio, but pick it up and there's no doubting its premium quality and rock solid design. Crafted from premium brushed metal with faux leather strips for added grip, the stylish design of the U840W is enhanced further by rigid metal speaker grills.

Toshiba has revealed the world’s first panoramic Ultrabook with a true 21:9 cinematic display. The Toshiba U840W runs a 14.4 inch display which looks very wide but is much shorter in height. It allows you to watch a movie without any black lines on the top and bottom.

Today, I took a look at Toshiba’s latest Ultrabook, and when it came out of the box it looked just like a super-sized Vaio P. This was something very different though. Inside was a full sized keyboard with Harman/Kardon speakers either side and a 14.4 inch super widescreen display up top.

Toshiba today unveiled a widescreen, 14.4in Ivy Bridge Ultrabook to Australian and global markets. It is touting the Satellite U840W notebook as the world's first panoramic Ultrabook, with a 21:9 (1792 x 768) widescreen display.

Good bargains are to be expected in end of financial year sales, but for only $1,495 the 3rd Gen Intel Core equipped 17.3in Toshiba Satellite P870/027 is ridiculously good value for money. In addition to the powerful 3rd Gen Intel Core i7 processor there’s an enormous 16GB of RAM, which allows for very intensive multi-tasking.

For $1,198 the 13.3 inch Toshiba Satellite Z830/001 is a good-value Ultrabook with some unique things in its favour. Despite the screen size it weighs a mere 1.12kg, about 20 grams more than Ultrabooks with smaller 11.6 inch screens.

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Toshiba’s WT200 Windows Tablet is said to offer a fully interactive desktop-style experience when paired with the Toshiba Multi Dock and plugged in to a full screen monitor and speakers. Portable, thin and light, the unit Tablet measures 14mm front to back and weighs less than 800g. It also features the range of ports and interfaces for desktop-like connectivity.

While Android and iOS fight for the tablet market, Toshiba is trying something else, with a new tablet featuring Windows 7 on a 10.1 inch tablet. Available from the end of March for $999 RRP, Toshiba’s WT200 packs Windows 7 into a 10.1 inch form factor, a space normally occupied by the cornucopia of Android 10.1 inch tablets.