Update Information: December 16, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bestia homepage down for 54 days (a 110mb.com site)
CCCP homepage down for 18 days (not found)
ChestUCI homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 13 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 54 days (a 110mb.com site)
Sissa homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 2 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
Auslogics Registry Cleaner 2.5.0.5
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/
Maqetta Release 8
open source visual authoring system of HTML5 user interfaces - in the browser
this is a *preview* version (beta)
http://maqetta.org/ (homepage)
http://maqetta.org/downloads/ (download)
Notepad++ 6.2.3
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Sandboxie 3.76
free utility (nagware): run/install programs in a safe sandbox that cannot affect your Windows stability/security
http://www.sandboxie.com/ (homepage)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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