Update Information: April 4, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Belofte homepage down for 25 days ("this site has been suspended")
ChestUCI homepage down for 20 days (a 110mb.com site)
Comet homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Dolphin homepage down for 23 days (not found)
Igor Gorelikov Tools page down for 6 days (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 20 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Pyotr homepage down for 20 days (not found)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 20 days (a 110mb.com site)
Wiki Changes
Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Sjakk: revised comment
- added Scid
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list
FACE Tournament
- updated page: participants
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Scid: added some more links, revised comments
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list
PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added pgn4web
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_list
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
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2013.3272
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2013
LibreOffice 4.0.2
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)
Opera 12.15
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant html/css rendering
- this is mostly a security update, it does not include WebKit, which will appear in version 13
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)
Pear Linux 7
Debian/Ubuntu-based distro; custom GNOME desktop resembling Mac OSX; #26 in popularity
http://pearlinux.fr/
PostgreSQL 9.2.4
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
- "this update fixes a high-exposure security vulnerability in versions 9.0 and later"
- "all users of the affected versions are strongly urged to apply the update immediately"
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1456/ (announcement)
TortoiseSVN 1.7.12
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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