Zend Framework 1.6 Release Candidate 1 now available!

An overview of new features:

     * Dojo Integration
              o JSON-RPC
              o Dojo Data packing
              o Dojo View Helper
              o Dijit integration with Zend_Form & Zend_View
              o Dojo Library Distribution
     * SOAP
              o SOAP Server
              o SOAP Client
              o Autodiscovery
              o WSDL access
              o WSDL Generation
     * Preview of Tooling Project in Laboratory (see /laboratory folder)
              o Command Line Interface
              o Project Asset Management
     * Unit Testing Harness for Controllers
     * Lucene 2.3 Index File Format Support
     * Zend_Session save handler for Database Tables
     * Paginator Component
     * Text/Figlet Support
     * ReCaptcha Service
     * Zend_Config_Xml Attribute Support
     * Character Set Option for DB Adapters
     * Zend File Transfer Component
     * New Media View Helpers (Flash, Quicktime, Object, and Page)
     * Support in Zend_Translate for INI File Format

From:
     http://devzone.zend.com/article/3712-Zend-Framework-1.6-Release-Candidate-1-now-available
     http://framework.zend.com

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