Update Information: November 28, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Winboard Beta
HG Muller's latest effort
- enhancements for board appearance
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-Portable.zip (direct link)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bestia homepage down for 36 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 521 days
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 36 days (a 110mb.com site)
OChess homepage down for 36 days (not found)
Powder homepage down for 35 days (project removed)
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- updated Cluster Toga download link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
FACE Tournament
- Gerhard has updated the participants list, getting ready for Edition 13!
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face
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
BurnAware 5.5
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software for Windows
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)
Glary Utilities 2.51.0.1666
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html
Lotus Symphony 3.0.1 Fix Pack 2
IBM's free cross-platform word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
Note: OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
- new 'Fix Pack 2' available, no version number change
- "only download this file if you have Symphony 3.0.1 Fix Pack 1 installed already"
http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home (homepage)
http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/products (info)
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/search.jsp?rs=swg-normandy (downloads)
Salix OS 14.0 "Xfce"
Slackware-based Linux32/64 distro; desktops: Fluxbox, KDE, LXDE, MATE, Xfce; #42 in popularity
- new release is for XFCE desktop only
http://www.salixos.org/
Tails 0.15
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #49 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/
Wireshark 1.8.4
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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