Update Information: February 21, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN database: topCEGT.pgn
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Dann Corbit homepage down for 239 days
Gringo homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
ChessAlex homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.
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
Amanda Network Backup 3.3.1
open source, cross-platform admin tool for network backup
http://www.amanda.org/
C Containers Library
C library to perform STL-like duties (containers, iterators, etc) with nice usage syntax
this is a proposed addition to the standard C library
- silent update, no version change (no version numbering at all)
- make sure you download the ccl.pdf doc file for usage instructions
- more const correctness. F
- fixed bugs in allocation in some modules
http://code.google.com/p/ccl/downloads/list
Game Booster 3.3
free; increases performance by temporarily shutting down background processes and maximizing available RAM
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html (homepage)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d5952.html (download)
GPartEd Live 0.12.0
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)
JSDuck 3.6.1
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck
Macrium Reflect Free 5.0.4286
Windows32/64 disk imaging; free edition has full image backups/restores only and only for private use
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
µTorrent 3.1.2 stable (26763)
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)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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