Update Information: September 25, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
NG-Play 9.1 (WB)
C source; Win32
- bugfixes for repetition detection code and increment time allocation
http://users.otenet.gr/~yggeorgo/
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex WBTM homepage down for 65 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 80 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 56 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 80 days (502 error: bad gateway)
GreKo homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Hamsters homepage down for 44 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 44 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 80 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 64 days (a multimania site)
Spark homepage down for 56 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 11 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 65 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 145 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
CCleaner 4.06
free Windows/Mac registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective
uninstalls programs, system restore, drive wiper, controls startup programs, context menus, etc
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/9/25/ccleaner-v406 (announcement)
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
VLC Media Player 2.1.0
open source, cross-platform multimedia player (audio/video); recommended
http://www.videolan.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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