Update Information: April 11, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Black Mamba 1.0 (UCI)
new engine by Matteo D'Annibale and Maurizio Platino
Win32/64/64SSE2, Mac32; multiPV; limit strength
- not new, it has been undiscovered since 2011-12-29
https://sites.google.com/site/mdannib/home
Grizzly 2.0.8x (WB)
Win32
- bugfix for WB compatibility
http://www.slengo.de/index.php/de/grizzly-de
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Dann Corbit homepage down for 289 days
SharpChess2 homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
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
Adobe Reader 10.1.3
free PDF viewer
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows (Windows download)
Ext JS 4.1 RC 3
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.sencha.com/ (homepage)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/ (info)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/download/ (download)
MariaDB 5.5.23 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra db engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
- this is the latest stable release
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5523-release-notes (release notes)
Python 3.2.3
Python 3.1.5
Python 2.7.3
popular open source programming language
- this are stable releases
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)
Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1.1
free, open source Python IDE plugin supporting CPython and IronPython; NumPy &
SciPy; parallel & clustering support; debugging; profiling; more
- mostly bugfixes
http://pytools.codeplex.com/
Qt SDK 1.2.1
open source cross-platform windowing system / GUI builder
- includes updated Qt libraries 4.8.1
- includes Qt Creator IDE 2.4.1 for C/C++ & JavaScript
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads
Wise Disk Cleaner 7.21
free; nagware; finds and deletes temporary/log/junk files from your PC
http://www.wisecleaner.com/wisediskcleanerfree.html
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Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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