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Update Information: March 10, 2011 (Updates)

by Ron @, Friday, March 11, 2011, 01:30

Engine Updates

Bobcat 20110220 (UCI)
Win32/64
- added Win32 build, version number unchanged
https://github.com/Bobcat (homepage)
https://github.com/Bobcat/bobcat/blob/master/bin/bobcat_20110220_w32.zip?raw=true (direct link)

Chess News

Kvetka 3.9.0.1 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
- new bugfixed version: Kvetka 3.9.0.1
http://kvetka.org/en/

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- EPD database update: OpPosSte (version d) - Opening position EPD database
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(

Bearded homepage down for 28 days
Brutus homepage down for 27 days
Fianchetto homepage down for 58 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 203 days (webpage down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 56 days
Sorgenkind homepage down for 69 days
Usurper homepage down for 68 days
Aristarch homepage back up after 12 days! :-)

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

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 2.0.6.55
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

LibreOffice 3.3.2 RC 1
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
"The OpenOffice.org trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation"
"Since Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems, the [OpenOffice] Community has been under 'notice to quit'"
Oracle wants to make OpenOffice into a commercial product with closed source
- this is a *release candidate*
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/

PHP 5.3.6 RC 3
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language for web applications
- this is a *release candidate*
http://php.net/ (homepage)
http://qa.php.net/ (RC page)

Pidgin 2.7.11
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/

Task Coach 1.2.11
open source cross-platform todo manager with task or calendar viewing
http://www.taskcoach.org/

µTorrent 2.2.1
open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=88772 (2.2.1 forum thread)

Wise Registry Cleaner Free 5.92
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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