Update Information: July 17, 2013 (Updates)

by Ron , Thursday, July 18, 2013, 01:37

Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux/Android builds
Abulafia 0.63 JA (UCI)
Haskell source; Win32, Linux32
- new Linux build
https://github.com/nionita/Abulafia (code repository)
http://jimablett.atwebpages.com/

Murka 3.0 (WB/UCI)
C++ source w/ Russian comments; Win32/64
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 10 days (a 110mb.com site)
Darky homepage down for 4 days (not found)
Fianchetto homepage down for 10 days (502: bad gateway)
Lucas Chess homepage down today (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 10 days (a 110mb.com site)
Wing homepage down for 75 days (not found)

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

Borg Calendar 1.7.9
free, cross-platform desktop calendar/task-tracking; appointments, todo list, project tracking, etc
http://mbcsoft.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=38 (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/borg-calendar/files/ (download)

Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 28.0
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

PDFCreator 1.7.1
free Windows tool to create PDF files from nearly any application
http://www.pdfforge.org/

RIOT 0.5.0
free image optimizer for gif, jpg, and png (smallest size w/ least loss of quality)
http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/

Salix OS 14.0.1
Slackware-based Linux32/64 distro; desktops: Fluxbox, KDE, LXDE, MATE, Xfce; #73 in popularity
http://www.salixos.org/

ToDoList 6.7
free todo list / calendar program with nestable todos, recurring reminders, Gantt charts, etc
http://www.abstractspoon.com/

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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