The Toughbook brand earned renown four years ago when one halted a stray bullet on its path towards a US soldier in Iraq. Here is a pic of the lappy. You can see where it took the bullet. Messed it up pretty bad, but while this particular unit may not have lived to see a new day, we have no doubt the solider who owned it will ever consider another brand.

Panasonic has announced new models to its Toughbook range which should start appearing this March. The new models are the fifth incarnation since Panasonicintroduced its first laptop designed to US military specifications more than a decade ago.

One of the most notable additions to the range is the introduciton of a wireless display version - which excludes a hard drive and connects wirelessly to anetwork hub.

Rather than the battlefield, the CF-08 Toughbook Wireless Display is designedfor industries that require a high level of portability or face to facecustomer interaction - industries such as retail food service, healthcare,warehousing or manufacturing.