Update Information: August 6, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Delphil 3.0 (UCI)
Win32/64; mp
http://delphil.webatu.com/English/index.html
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex WBTM homepage down for 15 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 30 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 6 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 30 days (502: bad gateway)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 30 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 14 days (a multimania site)
Spark homepage down for 6 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
T-Rex homepage down for 15 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 95 days (not found)
Toga Returns homepage, according to AVG, is infected with malware
Blackhole Exploit Kit
Wiki Changes
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- ERT-CB: updated link, adjusted comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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
Avira AntiVir Personal 13.0.0.3885 Free
free; highly-rated antivirus product; the free version has intermittent ads
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
FileZilla Client 3.7.2
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)
Firefox 23.0
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
Ghostery 1.3.1 for iOS
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download
HWINFO32/HWINFO64 4.22
free system hardware information tool for Windows, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)
phpMyAdmin 4.0.5
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php
Thunderbird 17.0.8
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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