Update Information: January 25, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Philou 3.50 (UCI)
Win32
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Philou.html
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Aldebaran homepage down for 37 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 14 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 159 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 12 days
Sorgenkind homepage down for 25 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 23 days
Wiki Changes
FACE Tournament
- lots of updates by Gerhard, including new ratings and new pgn downloads
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face
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 3.03
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: Recommended
http://www.ccleaner.com/
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/1/25/ccleaner-v303 (announcement)
Data Crow 3.9.3
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)
Firefox 4.0 beta 10
open source browser. Recommended!
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html (beta page)
Ghostery for Chrome 2.2.2
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; "See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
- Chrome version can do blocking, but it isn't perfect due to Chrome API design
http://www.ghostery.com/ (homepage)
http://www.ghostery.com/download (download + browser comparisons)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list
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