Update Information: August 20, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Capivara LK 0.08b03 (UCI)
Win32/64; TSCP derivative; requires VC 2010 runtimes
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&a...
Mainsworthy 141 (WB)
C++ source; Win32
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Mainsworthy.html (Leo page)
Pupsi2 0.09 (UCI)
Win32; requires .NET 3.5 framework
- "this is probably going to be the last version ever of Pupsi"
- minor performance improvements
- tweeking the time management code to better prevent timetrouble
- this might be the biggest reason for any improvements in playing strength!
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Pupsi.html (Leo site)
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bestia homepage down for 5 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 421 days
GreKo homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 5 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 5 days (a 110mb.com site)
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
Eclipse 4.3 M1
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-4.3M1-201208101300/
Git 1.7.12.0
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/
Soluto 1.3.931.0
free; uses community-developed power-user solutions to fix your PC problems
http://www.soluto.com/
Vala/Genie 0.17.5 Beta
Vala language resembles C# and Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
this is the *developmental* branch (beta)
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-devel-list@gnome.org/msg00034.html (announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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