Update Information: November 20, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bestia homepage down for 28 days (a 110mb.com site)
Crafty Chess Interface homepage down for 8 days (not found)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 513 days
Denis Mendoza builds homepage down for 2 days (not found)
ETChess homepage down today (down for maintenance)
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 28 days (a 110mb.com site)
Norbert Raimund Leisner List page down for 2 days (not found)
O'Chess homepage down for 28 days (not found)
Powder homepage down for 27 days (project removed)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 28 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
HWINFO32/HWINFO64 4.08-1800
free system hardware information tool for Windows, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)
ICQ 8
audio/video/text chat w/ connectivity to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc for desktop & mobile
http://www.icq.com/en
ID3 Renamer 5.2.0
free utility to bulk-rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/
JSDuck 4.4.1
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck
Linux Mint 14 "Nadia"
Ubuntu-based Linux distro; desktops: Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #1 in popularity
- available for MATE and Cinnamon desktops only right now
http://linuxmint.com/ (homepage)
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2216 (announcement & download)
Opera 12.11
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant html/css rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)
Redo Backup and Recovery 1.0.4
easy backup, recovery & bare metal restore for Windows or Linux
- this is a live CD that can be used for disaster recovery
http://redobackup.org/
SeaMonkey 2.14
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
SUPER Video Converter v2012 build 54
free multimedia encoder/converter and player
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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