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Here are some interesting Flash-releated things from the internet:

Alchemy, a new compiler/code set from Adobe that acts essentially as a virtual machine for C/C++ code, and allows it to interface with Actionscript 3, and play through the Flash Player (flash player 10 only).

A pretty good version of Doom has already been ported using Alchemy, which shows it's power.

Also really cool is FLAR, an Actionscript 3 technology that provides a toolkit for creating augmented reality in Flash, using Papervision to render 3D objects.

 An impressive demo can be seen here. There's a video of it below.