Within a period of just 10 days after the release of its first alpha version, the phpMyAdmin team has released the beta version of phpMyAdmin 3.0.0. Reminiscent of the alpha version of phpMyAdmin 3.0.0, this version also supports various features of MySQL 5.1, the Maria and PBXT storage engines, and SweKey hardware authentication. The beta version also flaunts around ten more bug fixes.

Official release notes of this beta can be read by clicking here, and by following this link here one can also download it.