Update Information: February 14, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
ChessAlex homepage is down for 56 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 232 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
Digital Mars D Compiler 1.073 & 2.058
free compiler for Win32, Linux32, FreeBSD32 & Mac; an interesting OO language
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html
Java 6, Update 31
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- new update to older version of Java
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
LibreOffice 3.5.0
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
PC Wizard 2012 - 2.0
free utility to detect & benchmark all PC hardware & system components
good tool for deciding hardware upgrades; portable version available
http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
System Explorer 3.8.1
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/
µTorrent 3.1.2 stable (26746)
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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