Foreign media report, Adobe recently released the latest version of Flash Player 10.3, including the developer tools, and the enhanced ability to protect your privacy. For developers, the key updates include video content influence evaluation and echo elimination. Flash product manager Thibault Imbert said, users can easily clear the local storage from browser settings interface, quite similar to clear the browser cookies.

Flash Player 10.3 has integrated local storage control and browser privacy settings into one. It is compatible with Mozilla Firefox 4, Microsoft IE8 and higher versions, and the upcoming Apple Safari and Google Chrome. End users will benefit from the privacy control embedded in browser, and experience the auto-update and the improved user panel of Mac OS.

Adobe is said to publish the AIR software next time containing more Flash alike functions, due to the fact that the basic codes are shared by Flash Player and Air. More details of AIR will be released soon in a couple of days. The mobile version of Flash Player 10.3 and the next AIR and AIR SDK will be released shortly as well.

Besides the high privacy protection, Adobe Flash Player 10.3 works perfectly with Flash SWF to video converter as well. The unique Lower-Playback-Speed technology enables SWF converter to capture the source Flash files with extremely-low frame rate(because it is covered accidently by other objects), the reaction of the program itself to one of the new features came along with Flash Player 10.1 and remains until now – periodic timer. For more details, please read here.

According to foreign media reports, Microsoft has urged its Windows XP users to upgrade the pre-loaded Adobe Flash Player 6.0 due to multiple security flaws on Tuesday.

Microsoft has released the #979267 safety proposal to urge its users either upgrade to the latest version of Flash Player or unload the old one due to several security flaws found in the early 6.0 version.

It’s very rare that Microsoft would propose safety advice for third-party products. It does so because the Adobe Flash Player 6.0 is pre-loaded in Microsoft Windows XP and it’s necessary to remind users that Adobe had stopped supporting Flash Player 6.0 since 2006. The latest version of Flash Player is 10.0.42.34.

Microsoft’s purpose is very clear, they hope the users understand that the security flaw only occurs when the old version of flash player and old Windows are used at the same time, because the new Windows are without built-in Flash Player yet.

Microsoft said: “Adobe Flash Player 6.0 is provided at the same time with Windows XP, it contains several security flaws that may execute remote control code when browsing some specially-made webpages. Adobe has fixed those vulnerabilities in the latest Flash Player. Microsoft strongly recommends to upgrade to the latest Flash Player for those who is still using the old version of Windows XP and Adobe Flash Player 6.0.”. Nevertheless, Microsoft indicates that there is no attack found so far related to those security flaws.

This security proposal is released for Adobe Flash Player 6.0 and together with other security vulnerabilities on Tuesday. The service pack this time will affect all the Windows system, but only the Windows 2000 is catalogued to “Critical” level while other subsequent versions of Windows are put to “Low”, so the Flash issue is more important and with higher priority.