“Cosmo” is in the nightly builds of Flex SDK! The new AIR 1.5 contains:
Encrypted Local / SQLite databases
Integration of the SquirrelFish JavaScript VM
Integration with Flash Player 10
New Text engine
Updated Saffron engine for font rendering
Custom Filters and Effects
3D Effects
Typed Arrays updated
Dynamic video streaming
More about it on Mike Chambers blog.
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