Update Information: November 22, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
JaksaH 1.12 (WB)
Win32/64
- there is an English version and a Serbian version available
http://sites.google.com/site/jaksahchess/
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bestia homepage down for 30 days (a 110mb.com site)
Crafty Chess Interface homepage down for 10 days (not found)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 515 days
Denis Mendoza builds homepage down for 4 days (not found)
GreKo homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 30 days (a 110mb.com site)
Norbert Raimund Leisner List page down for 4 days (not found)
O'Chess homepage down for 30 days (not found)
Powder homepage down for 29 days (project removed)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 30 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
Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+ 10.4.43.4155
free anti-virus, anti-spyware with gaming mode and download protection
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
Adblock Plus 2.2 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/
Firefox 17.0
popular, free, open source browser; recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
jEdit 5.0.0
open source, cross-platform programmer's text editor; supports many languages; extensive plugins
http://www.jedit.org/
MonetDB Oct2012-SP1
a heavy-duty, full-featured, cross-platform open-source database that is not well-known
- this is a bugfix service pack
http://www.monetdb.org/Home (homepage)
http://www.monetdb.org/Downloads/ReleaseNotes (release notes)
http://www.monetdb.org/Downloads/ (download)
Network Scanner 5.4.8
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/
NetWorx 5.2.6
free network traffic (bandwidth) monitor & usage reporting w/ real-time graphs
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/
PHP 5.4.9
PHP 5.3.19
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language; it is used for web applications mostly
http://php.net/ (homepage)
PyPy 2.0 Beta 1 (Python)
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64
- this is a *beta* release
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)
http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/release-2.0.0-beta1.html (announcement)
Recuva 1.44
free program to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin, digital cameras, mp3 players etc.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2012/11/22/recuva-v144 (announcement)
SMPlayer 0.8.2
cross-platform graphical interface for MPlayer media player
http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/
Thunderbird 17.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)
Wise Registry Cleaner 7.54
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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