The latest issue of Adobe Edge has a detailed article on the new features of the next edition of the Flash Player codenamed Astro. Major additions to the player include the ability to create custom filters and blend modes using a new technology called Adobe Pixel Bender, native 3D engine, and a new text engine that allows device fonts to be anti-aliased, rotated, and styled. Astro also features many performance improvements and new ActionScript API made in response to community requests.
You can learn more about these new features by reading the article on Adobe Edge.
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Adobe Creative Suite 4
Adobe has announced that the unveiling of the new Creative Suite 4 will be on the 23rd of September (Or on the 24th if you are on our part of the world). Creative Suite is Adobe’s collection of design, print, and web application that includes Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and Dreamweaver among others.
The new suit is expected to have a new UI for all its application as seen in the public beta of Fireworks CS4 and Dreamweaver CS4. The new Creative Suite will also have the new Flash authoring tool (Flash CS4) which will be capable of generating Flash Astro movies.
You can register for free to view the unveiling webcast at iStreamPlanet.
Google Released Chrome Internet Browser
Google has released its new open source browser as promised today. I have downloaded the browser a bit ago and I am very impressed by it. It is very fast, transition between the tabs is smooth and quick, and it has a very clean interface.
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Ten world dirtiest cities
1 Baku, Azerbaijan
MHS Index Score: 27.6
Surrounded by Iran, Georgia, Russia and Armenia on the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan has long been an oil hub. As a consequence, Baku, the capital, suffers from life-threatening levels of air pollution emitted from oil drilling and shipping.
2 Dhaka, Bangladesh
MHS Index Score: 29.6
Located in southern Asia, between Burma and India, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh battles with the constant threat of water pollution. Surface water is often thick with disease and pollutants from the use of commercial pesticides. With an estimated 150 million people living in a relatively small area, cleaning up the problem won't be easy.
3 Antananarivo, Madagascar
MHS Index Score: 30.1
Madagascar, located off of the southeastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, makes this year's list with its capital city, Antananarivo. Well known for its variety of unique flora and fauna, Madagascar has often been referred to as the world's eighth continent, but the effects of the human population are quickly leaving their footprint.
4 Port au Prince, Haiti
MHS Index Score: 34
The country's politically inspired violence and corruption are well documented. Equally dangerous: its air and water. Serving as one of the main ports on the island of Hispaniola, Port au Prince is central to Haiti's economic development. A lack of pollution controls, however, contributes to the widespread environmental problems confronting the Haitian city.
5 Mexico City, Mexico
MHS Index Score: 37.7
Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, and the capital of North American air pollution, estimates unhealthy ozone emissions nearly 85% of the year. Mexico's geographical location--in the center of a volcanic crater and surrounded by mountains--only serves to lock in the air pollution, causing smog to sit above the city.
6 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
MHS Index Score: 37.9
Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, faces one of the worst sanitation problems on both the continent of Africa as well as in the world. The lack of adequate sanitation programs results in infant mortality, low life expectancy and the transmission of water-borne diseases.
7 Mumbai, India
MHS Index Score: 38.2
India's government hopes to transform Mumbai back into a burgeoning metropolis after recent economic decline. A recent private-sector report, Vision Mumbai, proposed changes in infrastructure, pollution control and economic growth strategy, which contributed to the seeking of approximately $1 billion of aid from Indian government.
8 Baghdad, Iraq
MHS Index Score: 39
Poor water quality in Baghdad threatens to exacerbate the the transmission of water-borne diseases in the city. Fatal outbreaks of cholera struck several provinces of the country, including Baghdad from August 2007 to December 2007. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) also says air pollution, resulting from burning oil and aggravated by war, is cause for concern.
9 Almaty, Kazakhstan
MHS Index Score: 39.1
The marriage of petroleum-based industry and insufficient safeguards against pollution sets the stage for an environmental crisis in this city. Toxic waste dumps require a huge price tag for improvement and an even larger price for neglect.
10 Brazzaville, Congo
MHS Index Score: 39.1
Air pollution from emissions, lack of potable water and the contamination of the city's water from raw sewage contribute to the laundry list of health and sanitation concerns for Brazzaville, the capital of Congo. Each of these press upon the life expectancy of the local population.





































