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The evangalists at Adobe have introduced a new version of Tour de Flex, which is available via an AIR application and web site. This is a great resource for Flex/AIR developers to see examples and code for the core Flex components, Adobe AIR, data integration, third-party components, effects, skins, and more.

Adobe has announced that it will begin to work with Google and Yahoo to improve indexing of SWF files. Google has already started indexing these files, and provided an interview with two software engineers on its Indexing Team.

Cleary RIA is an important strategy for Adobe Software, and who better to lead the charge then Kevin Lynch, newly-appointed Adobe CTO?

If Microsoft acquires Yahoo!, will it end the Yahoo’s openness to Flash and Flex developers? (Since Microsoft has been trying to get it’s Flash competitor Expression off the ground, it might not want to continue sharing.)

In this month’s Adobe Edge Newsletter, Mark Anders and Steven Heinz discuss and demonstrate the new Adobe product codenamed “Thermo.” If you’re a designer with doubt about how you fit into RIA/Flex application development, you need to watch this video.