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After months of development and beta testing, Adobe has finally released the latest non-beta version of its Flash Player, version 10.1, available now for Mac, Windows and Linux at Adobe's website, with Android soon to follow.
In many ways, this latest version of Flash can be seen as a direct response to Apple and CEO Steve Jobs' recent attention-getting essay, "Thoughts on Flash". The underlying code has largely been re-written to make it faster, less power hungry and to beef up its security.
The new runtime is notable in that it consumes less system memory than the previous version, and even has a fail-safe that will allow the player to shut itself off if it detects memory is running too low. It can also prioritize the amount of processing power each instance of Flash sucks up, which should prevent your browser or even entire operating system from freezing up. As for security, the new Flash honors the rules of a browser's private browsing mode by not caching any data.
10.1 also supports hard-ware accelerated h.264 video decoding, better HTTP streaming, multicasting, a new buffering system, as well as support for multi-touch input surfaces an absolute requirement if Adobe is going to manage to thwart Apple and remain a major player in the upcoming tablet and smartphone wars.
Regardless of how you feel about Flash, on desktops and laptops, it's still a necessity of the web, and there is no reason not to grab this significant update: it's better in every conceivable way. You can grab it directly from Adobe at the link below.
