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Update Information: February 24, 2011 (Updates)

by Ron @, Friday, February 25, 2011, 01:24

Engine Updates

JavaRival 0042 (UCI)
Java engine by Chris Moreton
Java source; Win32/64; Linux 32/64, Mac32/64
http://www.rivalchess.com/downloads/

Chess News

Chess for Android (UCI)
new addon by 'PJ+'
- Chess for Android can now run UCI engines remotely
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html

Rival Chess for Android (UCI)
http://www.redhotpawn.com/rival/download/download.php

Shredder Chess for iPhone and iPad
http://www.shredderchess.com/

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(

Aldebaran homepage down for 67 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bearded homepage down for 14 days
Brutus homepage down for 15 days
Fianchetto homepage down for 44 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 189 days (webpage down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 42 days
Sorgenkind homepage down for 55 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 54 days
Matacz homepage back up :-)
Smash 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

CCleaner 3.04
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: Recommended
http://www.ccleaner.com/
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/2/24/ccleaner-v304 (announcement)

Foxit Reader 4.3.1
free pdf viewer. Faster render than Adobe, less bloat. Recommended.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

Ghostery for Firefox 2.5.2
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"
- only the FireFox version is updated
http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9609/
http://www.ghostery.com/download

jQuery 1.5.1
cross-browser, open source JavaScript library that simplifies client-side scripting of HTML
http://jquery.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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