Update Information: January 27, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Sjaak r470 (WB)
C source; Win32/64; variants
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Asterisk homepage down for 85 days
ChessAlex homepage is down for 38 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 214 days
Darmenios homepage down today
Wiki Changes
Nothing new today
Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)
Warnings:
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare
Akka 1.3
open source library for Scala or Java languages gives developers a simpler programming model
to develop highly reliable asynchronous, non-blocking applications for concurrent or parallel
operation using Actors, STM & Transactors; multi-core scalable and fault-tolerant
http://akka.io/ (homepage)
Calibre 0.8.37
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/
Eclipse 4.2M5
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.2M5-201201271145/index.php (download)
GPartEd Live 0.11.0-11
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
TightVNC 2.0.4
cross-platform open source remote control software package;
you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard
- Java Viewer updated to version 2.1
http://www.tightvnc.com/
Zero Install 1.5.1 for Windows
open source, cross platform, decentralised cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; With dependency handling and automatic updates"
Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time and run from your cache subsequently
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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