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Adobe Flash Player 11
What is Flash Player?
Adobe® Flash® Player is a cross-platform, browser-based application runtime that provides uncompromised viewing of expressive applications, content, and videos across browsers and operating systems.
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Stage 3D accelerated graphics rendering*
Explore a new architecture for high-performance 2D/3D GPU hardware accelerated graphics rendering by Adobe, which provides low-level Stage3D APIs for advanced rendering in apps and gives framework developers classes of interactive experiences.
*Initial support for personal computers.
Native 64-bit support
Experience improved performance of Flash Player content by taking advantage of native support for 64-bit operating systems and 64-bit web browsers on Linux®, Mac OS, and Windows®.
H.264/AVC software encoding for cameras
Stream beautiful video from your computer's camera with higher compression efficiency and industry-wide support, enabling both high-quality real-time communications (such as video chat and video conferencing) and live video broadcasts.
Content protection support for mobile
Flash Access content protection support is now available on Android devices. Broadcasters can now reach and monetize an even broader range of customers on their favorite mobile device.
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Flash Platform runtime releases blog |
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| 10/04/2011 | Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 Now Available |
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| 08/26/2011 | Flash Player Update Now Available |
| 08/09/2011 | Flash Player 11 Beta 2 & AIR 3 Beta 2 Now Available on Labs |
| 08/09/2011 | Updates to Flash Player & Adobe AIR Now Available |
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Frima Studio
Frima Studio brings its Zombie Tycoon game console to browsers using new capabilities in the Flash Platform to deliver astonishing 3D experiences to a vast new audience.
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