Adobe Systems in a few weeks plans to release a second beta of Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), the company’s technology for running Internet-based applications off-line. It will feature user notifications, in which developers can include message pop-ups from the system tray, similar to the message pop-up when a new email is received. The first beta of AIR was released in June. Additionally, the next version of the Adobe Flash Player, codenamed “Astro,” will offer better scripting performance and more speed, to improve video performance, according to Adobe. Software Development