2011 Over Half Of All Android Devices Can Now Run Flash And AIR
Developers building mobile content need insight into devices and OS versions being used. Android.com publishes charts showing the OS used by devices connecting to the Android Marketplace, both current (last 14 days) and historical data. It's great to see that over 1/2 of the devices connecting to the Android Marketplace are running Android 2.2 and 2.3, which means that most devices can run Flash and AIR apps.
Now, if only AT&T would update their devices ...
2011 Flash The Face Of IBM Watson Supercomputer
IBM's Watson Supercomputer is going to be challenging top Jeopardy players next month (if you have yet to watch the videos on Engadget, you really should - this is mind-blowing stuff).
Watson's public face is a monitor showing an avatar that provides visual cues as to processing, confidence in answers, and more. The avatar is entirely Flash based, and was built by Joshua Davis and Branden Hall (who have posted some details and screen-shots). Mike Chambers has also posted some details on the project.