Update Information: October 8, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
NG-Play 9.6 (WB)
C source; Win32/64
http://users.otenet.gr/~yggeorgo/
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex WBTM homepage down for 78 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 93 days (a 110mb.com site)
GreKo homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
iNemesis homepage down today (domain has expired)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 93 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 77 days (a multimania site)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 24 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 78 days (a multimania site)
Toga Returns homepage has been hacked and is dangerous to visit
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
Adblock Plus 1.1 for Internet Explorer
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/
Adobe Flash Player 11.9.900.117
free cross-platform flash video player
http://www.adobe.com/
ID3 Renamer 6.0.0
free utility to bulk-rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/en
Jenkins 1.535
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/
Korora 19.1
Fedora-based Linux distro; GNOME, KDE desktops; #44 in popularity
https://kororaproject.org/
NetBeans IDE 7.4
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/1596.html (announcement)
http://netbeans.org/
Opera 17.00
open source web browser; very popular browser for tablets and phones
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)
Orwell Dev-C++ 5.5.1
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE for 32-/64-bit development
- quick bugfix for recent release
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/
RIOT 0.5.2
free image optimizer for gif, jpg, and png (smallest size w/ least loss of quality)
http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/
SparkyLinux 3.1
Debian-based distro; Enlightenment, LXDE, MATE, Openbox desktops; #19 in popularity
http://sparkylinux.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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