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<title>Update Information: March 3, 2011</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Friday, March 04, 2011, 01:42:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Capivara LK 0.07s2 (WB)</span></strong><br />
C source; Win32/64; TSCP derivative; requires VC runtimes<br />
- no info about update<br />
<a href="http://vivaxadrez.wikispaces.com/Capivara">http://vivaxadrez.wikispaces.com/Capivara</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span><br />
Nothing new today <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>Aristarch homepage down for 6 days<br />
Bearded homepage down for 21 days<br />
Brutus homepage down for 20 days<br />
Fianchetto homepage down for 51 days (configuration error)<br />
Frenzee homepage down for 196 days (webpage down until new engine release)<br />
Genesis homepage down for 49 days<br />
Sorgenkind homepage down for 62 days (no response in 60 seconds)<br />
Usurper homepage down for 61 days<br />
<span style="color:#090;">Monik homepage back up <img src="images/smilies/smile.png" alt=":-)" /> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span><br />
Nothing new today <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications</strong></span> (recent releases of free stuff)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Warnings:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color:#f00;"><br />
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.<br />
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected<br />
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash<br />
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Game Booster 2.3 (0303)</span></strong><br />
free; increases performance by temporarily shutting down background processes<br />
and maximizing available RAM; Recommended!<br />
<a href="http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html">http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d5952.html">http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d5952.html</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">IzPack 4.3.4 RC 1</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">IzPack 5.0.0 beta 6</span></strong><br />
free Java cross-platform installer for packaging, distributing and deploying applications<br />
- this is a *beta* release (experimental) and a *release candidate* (mainstream/stable preview)<br />
<a href="http://izpack.org/">http://izpack.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">LibreOffice 3.3.1</span></strong><br />
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.<br />
&quot;The OpenOffice.org trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation&quot;<br />
&quot;Since Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems, the [OpenOffice] Community has been under 'notice to quit'&quot;<br />
Oracle wants to make OpenOffice into a commercial product with closed source<br />
- sorry, I missed this update from 2011/02/23<br />
<a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/download">http://www.libreoffice.org/download</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">PHP 5.3.6 RC 2</span></strong><br />
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language for web applications<br />
- this is a *release candidate*<br />
<a href="http://php.net/">http://php.net/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://qa.php.net/">http://qa.php.net/</a> (RC page)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Meaning of Colors</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Red = New or Warning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Green = Updated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">Gray = Info Only</span></strong></p>
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Chess News: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.</span></strong></p>
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