Update Information: October 4, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Capivara LK 0.08b04 (UCI)
Win32/64; TSCP derivative; requires VC runtimes unless using alternative version
- all of yesterday's untested versions have been retracted
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&a...
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Aristarch homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 466 days
FirstChess homepage down for 24 days (not found)
GreKo homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)
Mizar homepage down for 46 days ("domain has expired")
PolarChess homepage down for 31 days
Pyotr homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Tornado homepage down for 45 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
Blender 2.64
free, open source, cross-platform 3D content creation suite
model • shade • animate • render • composite • interactive 3d
http://www.blender.org/
Groovy 2.0.5
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)
KeePass Password Safe Professional 2.20.1
open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
Professional Edition requires .NET or Mono framework
Classic Edition has fewer features but is adequate & does not require .NET framework
http://keepass.info/
http://keepass.info/compare.html (compare Classic vs Professional)
LibreOffice 3.6.2
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
Note: OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
PHP 5.4.8 RC 1
PHP 5.3.18 RC 1
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language; it is used for web applications mostly
- these are *release candidates*
http://php.net/ (homepage)
Process Explorer 15.23
displays information about which Windows handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx
SQLite 3.7.14.1
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "is a patch release. Changes from the baseline version 3.7.14 are minimal and are restricted to fixing three bugs."
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_7_14_1.html (changelog)
Zero Install 1.12.1 for Windows
open source, decentralized cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; with dependency handling and automatic updates"
Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time and run from your cache subsequently
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
http://0install.de/?lang=en
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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