Last night Adobe pushed out their first beta release for Adobe Flash Player 10.1. This is a developer prerelease version of the Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 software for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. It is being made available for developers to test their content to ensure new features function as expected, existing content plays back correctly, and there are no compatibility issues. Consumers can try the beta release of Flash Player 10.1 to preview hardware acceleration of video on supported Windows PCs and x86-based netbooks.

There is also the first beta release for Adobe AIR 2, which builds on the success of AIR 1 by giving developers new capabilities and even tighter integration with the desktop. This is the first time that Adobe has sim-shipped for all three major operating systems for both AIR and Flash Player (also in Beta).  Adobe AIR 2 provides end users with exceptional application experiences while giving developers the easiest and most powerful way to develop desktop applications across multiple platforms (Mac, Windows, and Linux).

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