Adobe Systems launches Flash Player 11 and Air 3

Adobe Systems announced on Wednesday the release of Flash Player 11 and Adobe Air 3 software to help developers build more sophisticated applications, with dozens of new features across smartphones and tablets as well as desktop computers.

The releases are Adobe's biggest in two years and will be available free of charge in early October, said Anup Murarka, Adobe's director of product marketing. The related tools, Flash Builder and Flex, will support new features in Flash Player 11 and Adobe Air 3 by the end of the year.

The releases will enable delivery of 2D and 3D games over the Internet to various devices, Murarka said. Developers of enterprise applications will also find the 3D capabilities popular for data-centric apps. Enterprises, for example, will be able to build application dashboards to "visualize complex data sets" with 3D images, he said. Read more...