Update Information: February 13, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Capivara LK x.xxxxx (UCI)
Win32/64; TSCP derivative; requires MSVC runtime
- 2 new builds
http://vivaxadrez.wikispaces.com/Capivara
Kenny ClassIQ 0.1.1 (WB/UCI)
new engine by Kenshin Himura (aka Sudarsan Balaji), author of Kenny
Java source; cross-platform jar file, Win32/64 binaries
- this is the first version that can play a game of chess
- it plays random legal moves without a search
- setup program is very large (24 MB), it might be better to download jar file alone or Windows binaries
https://www.sourceforge.net/projects/kennyclassiq (project & install program)
https://github.com/kenshinthebattosai/KennyClassIQ/tree/master/windows (download)
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Akkad homepage down for 57 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 57 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities page down today (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
Adblock Plus 2.2.3 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/
OS4 4.0 "Enterprise"
Debian/Xubuntu-based Linux distro; customized XFCE desktop; #15 in popularity
http://www.os4online.com/
Pidgin 2.10.7
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (download)
Soluto 1.3.1149.0
free; uses community-developed power-user solutions to fix your Windows PC problems
http://www.soluto.com/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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