The newest in the ever growing range of Sandisk MP3 players is the Fuze. It has been around for a few days now and has been given the review treatment by AnythingButiPod. What did they think? They said “across the board there are plenty of other improvements in screen quality, build quality, and sound quality” and “overall I’m pretty positive on it and can easily say it is the best Sansa to date”. Good news for Sandisk and great news for people who wanted a bigger Sansa Clip.

For the complete review, click over to AnythingButiPod.

The brains over at National Renewable Energy Lab have found a way to make those pretty thin-film cells 19.9% efficient. It isn’t quite the 42% other styles of solar cells can get, but considering these babies can be made on inkjet printers for next to nothing, it is a large step. It is great that a new world record for efficiency has been created, I just want them cheap and in a portable form (for geektastic camping).

For more info, click over to EcoGeek.

Though I have only read reviews and played with a couple of them, I have to say they did a damn good job of showing the top 10 MP3 players. It missed a couple of fan favourite players (such as the Sandisk Clip and Creative Stone), but it did include the ZEN, Zen V Plus, 3rd gen Nano, iPod Touch, Clix Gen 2, Sansa Connect, P2, Zune 8, Sansa View and Sansa E280. If you are looking for an MP3 player, it is definitely worth a glance.

For the article, click over to PC World.

The FCC have decided that broadband should be faster then 200kbs, and have now bumped up the speed to 768kps. What it means, is that your ISP can’t classify their service as being broadband, if it is slower then 768kps. Does it mean anything at all? No, no it doesn’t.

If you are a boring sort of character, click over to Engadget.

It doesn’t do much for most people, but for the people who hang around wireless access points like bacteria hang around my laundry basket, then this is good news. The Nokia N810 is now cheaper, and by quite a bit. $US90 has been shaved off the RRP of the device, probably in the light of the replacement model in the air (and pressure from all the MID news). The price drop should be available now, so what are you waiting for?

For more info, click over to Engadget.

Unfortunately I don’t get to do reviews here, I just can’t afford the toys. The people at PCMag aren’t as unfortunate. They have got their hands on the damn powerful VGN-SZ791N, and they really liked it. They gave it a hefty 4.5 out of 5 circles. It even earned the Editor’s Choice branding. Unfortunately, even the best can’t run Crysis, with a lousy frame-rate of 6 at 1024×768.

For the compete review, click over to PCMag.

You have probably heard it already, but the Xbox 360 has dropped by up to 80 Euros in Europe (derr). It is now cheaper then the Wii. Don’t expect those prices to live long though, because the rumoured 60GB Xbox is coming, and you can expect that to push the price up again.

For more info, click over to Engadget.

It has been used for hundreds of years to explain things that are small (as well as collection of neutrons, electrons and protons). The name that the Silverthorn collection of Intel processors will hold is Atom. Menlow will also get a name change following the shrinking of the core down to 45nm (see the Apple Air) to Centrino Atom. Now all we are waiting for is the collection of fast and low powered MID’s and UMPC with Atom’s Inside (TM Intel).

For more info, click over to Engadget.

Hot Hardware have ran the brand spanking new Intel E8500 Core 2 Duo through its paces. They liked the chip, saying “If you’re a gamer, the Core 2 Duo E8500 will deliver better performance compared to a low-end quad-core.” The things they didn’t like were mainly price related, which is fair enough for a brand new processor from Intel. If you wanted a budget Core 2 Duo, look at the 6 series. If you want kick arse you can’t go past the E8500 (unless you can afford the E8650).

For the complete review, click over to Hot Hardware.

Microsoft have officially dropped the price of some Vista packages. The highest price drop has been seen on Ultimate, which is now available for $US320, down from $US400. Does this mean you will buy it instead of downloading it from your favourite bittorrent site? Probably not.

For more info, click over to Engadget.