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<title>Update Information: October 8, 2013</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Wednesday, October 09, 2013, 00:00:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">NG-Play 9.6 (WB)</span></strong><br />
C source; Win32/64<br />
<a href="http://users.otenet.gr/~yggeorgo/">http://users.otenet.gr/~yggeorgo/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p>Nothing new today</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>Alex WBTM homepage down for 78 days (a multimania site)<br />
Bestia homepage down for 93 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
GreKo homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
iNemesis homepage down today (domain has expired)<br />
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 93 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Nejmet homepage down for 77 days (a multimania site)<br />
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 24 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
T-Rex homepage down for 78 days (a multimania site)<br />
<strong><span style="color:#f00;">Toga Returns homepage has been hacked and is dangerous to visit</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p>Nothing new today</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;">- 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;">Adblock Plus 1.1 for Internet Explorer</span></strong><br />
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements<br />
<a href="http://adblockplus.org/en/">http://adblockplus.org/en/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Adobe Flash Player 11.9.900.117</span></strong><br />
free cross-platform flash video player<br />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/">http://www.adobe.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">ID3 Renamer 6.0.0</span></strong><br />
free utility to bulk-rename music files<br />
<a href="http://www.id3renamer.com/en">http://www.id3renamer.com/en</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Jenkins 1.535</span></strong><br />
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers<br />
- automates the building/testing process<br />
<a href="http://jenkins-ci.org/">http://jenkins-ci.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Korora 19.1</span></strong><br />
Fedora-based Linux distro; GNOME, KDE desktops; #44 in popularity<br />
<a href="https://kororaproject.org/">https://kororaproject.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">NetBeans IDE 7.4</span></strong><br />
open source cross-platform IDE used primarily for Java-based programming languages;<br />
(supports C/C++, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Java, Groovy, etc.)<br />
supports syntax highlighting, code completion, object browsing, refactoring, etc.<br />
all languages have debuggers, profilers and unit testing plus support for collaborative programming<br />
<a href="https://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1596.html">https://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1596.html</a> (announcement)<br />
<a href="http://netbeans.org/">http://netbeans.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Opera 17.00</span></strong><br />
open source web browser; very popular browser for tablets and phones<br />
<a href="http://www.opera.com/">http://www.opera.com/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.opera.com/browser/download/">http://www.opera.com/browser/download/</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Orwell Dev-C++ 5.5.1</span></strong><br />
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE for 32-/64-bit development<br />
- quick bugfix for recent release<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">RIOT 0.5.2</span></strong><br />
free image optimizer for gif, jpg, and png (smallest size w/ least loss of quality)<br />
<a href="http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/">http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">SparkyLinux 3.1</span></strong><br />
Debian-based distro; Enlightenment, LXDE, MATE, Openbox desktops; #19 in popularity<br />
<a href="http://sparkylinux.org/">http://sparkylinux.org/</a></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>
<p>Engine List: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a><br />
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.<br />
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org</span></strong></p>
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