Update Information: September 10, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Stockfish 2.4 for iOS
GUI + engine
http://www.stockfishchess.com/download/
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Blikskottel homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 442 days
Mizar homepage down for 22 days ("domain has expired")
PolarChess homepage down for 7 days (404 error - not found)
Tornado homepage down for 21 days (programmer has purposely removed his page)
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
Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 21.2
Windows only; free; based on Google's Chrome browser, with improved security and privacy
stops cookies, no web spies, prevents browser download tracking, etc
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php
Feng Office 2.2.0 Beta 1
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)
Groovy 2.0.2
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)
Notepad++ 6.1.7
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
PostgreSQL 9.2.0
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1415/ (announcement)
SeaMonkey 2.12.1
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Thunderbird 15.0.1
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)
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Green = Updated
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