Cody Taylor

An anonymous reader writes “China based Skytone famous for making skype headsets have brought out a 0 device, the Alpha-680 netbook running Google Android for its OS. The device has Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB ports and an SD card slot. After watching the video though, I get a feeling that the boot time is somewhat long. IMO good enough for browsing.” Also on the Android front, ruphus13 points out what the maker claims is the first “fully realized” non-mobile Android device (though I think there were some other non-mobile gadgets on diplay at CES), a set-top box from Motorola based on Android. According to the linked post, it’s “capable of playing DVDs and CDs, transferring music and video to a mobile device, and ripping and storing files” and “will have a full-featured Chrome-like browser.”

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AT&T is testing increased download speeds on its 3G network. The company is also increasing network capacity by adding new cell sites and nearly doubling the total network capacity in most markets via an additional spectrum at 850 MHz.

KentuckyFC writes to tell us that scientists from the UK and Germany are proposing a third kind of quantum tunneling. They propose that a quantum particle is capable of changing into a pair of “virtual particles” capable of passing through a potential barrier before changing back. The supposition also provides some interesting methods of possibly testing string theory. So many interesting and useful possibilities, I guess that just means it will be debunked faster than other scientific theories.

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Adobe has announced an HD-optimized version of Flash that will be available on TVs, Blu-ray players, and other set-top boxes. With a number of industry partners already on board, the Flash-capable products could be available for your YouTube-watching pleasure by the second half of 2009.