Update Information: March 2, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Firenzina: new project page
https://github.com/Censor/Firenzina
Hiarcs 13.5 (UCI)
'new' version is based on older v13 and only for iOS
http://www.hiarcs.com/
ProDeo 1.84 (WB/UCI)
- Jim Ablett has posted to a faster download site, no changes to the contents
http://ubuntuone.com/6yFQMxYSmyHAda5vW8PF4o
Tornado: new homepage
http://www.websoft-engin.de/index.php/downloads/viewcategory/4-software.html
Chess News
MillionBase 2.22 PGN Archive
- added 500,000 new games mainly from TWIC
- this is a very large file and with slow download speed
http://www.top-5000.nl/pgn.htm
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Akkad homepage down for 74 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 12 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 74 days (not found)
GreKo homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Jim Ablett main page down today (use JA secondary page)
Lyapko Utilities page down for 12 days (a 110mb.com site)
Warning: Inmi site has been hacked and is unsafe to visit
AVG antivirus: 'Exploit Blackhole Exploit Kit [type 2389]'
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
CDT 8.1.2
open source, fully-featured C/C++ IDE plugin for Eclipse
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/
Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 25.0
Windows only; free; based on Google's Chrome browser, with improved security and privacy
stops cookies, no web spies, prevents browser download tracking, etc
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php
Puppy Linux "Wary 5.5"
Puppy Linux "Racy 5.5"
Puppy is a popular (#11) and easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
- Precise Puppy is binary-compatible with Ubuntu LTS 12.04.1
- Wary Puppy is intended to run on older hardware
- Racy Puppy is a mod of Wary Puppy, supporting the newest machines
- Slacko Puppy can use Puppy, Slackware, Salix, or Slacky software repositories
- Quirky Puppy is built from Wary and Racy and is very experimental
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00159 (announcement)
UltraDefrag 6.0.0
open source defrag program for Windows
http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/en/index.html
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Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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