Update Information: February 23, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
ChessBin 0.0.7.8 (WB)
Win32; requires .NET 2.0 or later; own GUI
http://www.chessbin.com/page/Download-Chess-Bin-Chess-Game.aspx
Chess News
ChessBase 11 update
commercial chess GUI and database
http://www.fritzserver.org/updates/cb11.exe
Fritz 12 update
commercial chess GUI, database, & engine
http://www.fritzserver.org/updates/gui12.exe
Rotor 0.6a (UCI) for Android
https://sites.google.com/site/chessrotor/ (webpage)
https://sites.google.com/site/chessrotor/rotor0.6a?attredirects=0 (download)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Aldebaran homepage down for 66 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bearded homepage down for 13 days
Brutus homepage down for 14 days
Fianchetto homepage down for 43 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 188 days (webpage down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 41 days
Matacz homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Smash homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 54 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 53 days
Safrad homepage back up
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
avast! Free Antivirus 6.0
free antivirus for Win32/64; the program is registerware: you must divulge your email address
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
CDBurnerXP 4.3.8.2513
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software. Recommended
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage & download)
FOG 0.30
If you need to maintain several Windows computers with identical configuration & software
(for a school, library, business, etc.), this is the best tool to do it
http://www.fogproject.org/
Groovy++ 0.4.170
open source jvm language; it appears to be a superset of the Java language
this is an extension to the standard Groovy jvm language; it supports better runtime efficiency using static typing
http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/downloads/list
Komodo Edit 6.1.1
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads
WordPress 3.1
free, popular, open source webite/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/ (homepage)
http://wordpress.org/news/2011/02/threeone/ (announcement)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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