Update Information: June 12, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
AdaChess homepage down for 24 days ("account has been suspended")
Armageddon homepage down for 48 days (403 error: forbidden)
JavaRival homepage down for 55 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Pawny homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
PowerChess PGN Databases page down for 36 days (not found)
Wing homepage down for 40 days (misconfigured server)
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
Flash Player 11.7.700.224
free cross-platform flash video player
http://www.adobe.com/
NetBeans IDE 7.3.1
open source cross-platform IDE used primarily for Java-based programming languages;
(supports C/C++, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Java, Groovy, etc.)
supports syntax highlighting, code completion, object browsing, refactoring, etc.
all languages have debuggers, profilers and unit testing plus support for collaborative programming
https://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1591.html (announcement)
http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB73 (highlights)
http://netbeans.org/ (homepage)
WinPython 3.3.2.1 -- for Win32/64
open-source portable distribution of Python for Windows32/64
allows use of different Python versions that are fully isolated from each other
WinPython is the easiest way of getting Spyder IDE working on Win32/64
NumPy, SciPy and Matplot are also included
- this is a large file to download (more than 200 MB)
http://code.google.com/p/winpython/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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