Update Information: February 7, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Aristarch homepage down for 5 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Asterisk homepage down for 96 days
ChessAlex homepage is down for 49 days
ChessMaster homepage down today ("website currently unavailable")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 225 days
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 1.3.1
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)
Git 1.7.6.6
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/
µTorrent 3.1.2 stable (26729)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=112660 (3.1.2 forum thread)
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Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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