Update Information: February 7, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Capivara LK 0.09a01 (UCI)
Win32/64; TSCP derivative; requires MSVC runtime
http://vivaxadrez.wikispaces.com/Capivara
Chess News
Chessdiagrammer 8.2
Chess Diagram creator
- I missed this when it was announced
http://www.chessdiagrammer.com/cdg_startpage.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Akkad homepage down for 51 days (not found)
Armageddon homepage down today (403 error: forbidden)
Bestia homepage down for 16 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 51 days (not found)
Delphil homepage down today (no content)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 16 days (a 110mb.com site)
Warning: Hopeless site is giving inconsistent results
sometimes Google says: 'Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer'
other times the site loads normally; it seems to be a risky site
Warning: Inmi site has been hacked and is unsafe to visit
AVG antivirus: 'Exploit Blackhole Exploit Kit [type 2371]'
Kaspersky antivirus: 'object is infected'
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
GIMP 2.8.4
Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP); retouch photos, create drawings & renderings, etc.
- Windows version released
http://www.gimp.org/
Komodo Edit 8.0.0, Beta 1
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads
LibreOffice 4.0.0
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)
PostgreSQL 9.2.3
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1446/ (announcement)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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