Adobe Media Player
Adobe Media Player 1.1 was released this week featuring a brand-new interface, RSS subscriptions, and a partnership with Sony Pictures allowing users to watch full-length movies. Adobe promise to eventually deliver around 600 shows and 25,000 episodes. The application is built and delivered via Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) and features video content in FLV and H.264 formats. CNET have the lowdown, and Adobe have the download.

Flashforward Film Festival Finalists
One of the largest Adobe Flash conferences in the world, Flashforward, have announced the finalists for the Flashforward2008 Film Festival. The festival, which honors the best in Flash design across various categories, will take place in San Francisco this year in August. If you can’t make the conference this year, be sure to check out the stunning collection of Flash design and development each finalist offers, which are all ready and waiting for your votes.

The Charges Against ActionScript
Infamous Flash developer Colin Moock stirred the Flash community this week with an in-depth yet honest assessment of how ActionScript 3.0 is guilty of complicating Flash development as a whole. Read The Charges Against ActionScript and then take a peek at a response by an Adobe employee.

Pixel Bender
Adobe Labs, busy as ever, offered a new release of the developer kit Pixel Bender this past week. The toolkit, (previously known as Hydra) is an application allowing the user to create, compile and preview Pixel Bender filters and effects based on graphic technologies used with video processing.

ActionScripting Arrows
New York-based Flash developer Noel Billig has been spending his spare time developing a nifty little Flash tool and ActionScript class to dynamically draw arrows. For all the details, check out Noel’s blog.

Flash-based Virtual World
Finally for this week’s roundup, a new virtual world built entirely in Flash has been released by The Electric Sheep Company. Web Flock is a visually immersive environment aimed at developing online social interaction, media consumption and multi-player casual game-play. Watch out Second Life, Web Flock is coming to getchya!