Engine Updates

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Chess News

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Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 435 days
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Gringo homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Mizar homepage down for 6 days ("domain has expired")
Tornado homepage down for 14 days (programmer has purposely removed his page)

Wiki Changes

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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

ID3 Renamer 5.0.3
free utility to bulk-rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/

LameXP 2012-09-03 (build 1100)
open source audio encoder GUI for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and Nero AAC
http://lamexp.sourceforge.net/

SQLite 3.7.14
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "is a regularly scheduled maintenance release ...Upgrading is optional"
- OS/2 support dropped
- better support for languages that use a garbage collector
- performance improvements
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_7_14.html (changelog)

System Explorer 3.9.4
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Vala/Genie 0.17.6 Beta
Vala language resembles C# and Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
this is the *developmental* branch (beta)
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-devel-list@gnome.org/msg00035.html (announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Security Warning!
The recent Oracle security update for Java was ineffective. It does *not* fix the vulnerability!
- see: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/31/critical_flaw_found_in_patched_java/
- "this flaw allows an attacker to bypass the Java security sandbox completely, making it possible to install malware or execute malicious code on affected systems"
It is best to disable Java in your browser. Here is how to do it:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/How%20to%20turn%20off%20Java%20applets (Firefox)
http://www.podfeet.com/wordpress/tutorials/how-to-disable-java-in-chrome/ (Chrome)
http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/ht/How-To-Disable-Java-In-Internet-Explorer.htm (IE)

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

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