Update Information: April 6, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Deep Junior 12.5 (UCI)
commercial; mp; limit strength; Win32/64, Mac32/64
- free update for current owners
http://www.hiarcs.com/pc-chess-deep-junior.htm
Chess News
ChessGUI (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- this is a *beta* release, available by direct link only
- better import of Winboard and Arena engines
http://www.chessgui.com/ (homepage)
http://www.chessgui.com/chess/ChessGUI.zip (direct link)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bearded homepage down for 55 days
Damas homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 230 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Pyotr homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 96 days
Typhoon homepage down for 22 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 95 days (no response in 60 seconds)
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
Ext JS 4 Beta 2
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs4-preview/ (info)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs4-preview/download/ (download)
Git 1.7.4.4
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/ (homepage)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes/1.7.4.4.txt (release notes)
Gnome 3.0
popular open source desktop interface for Linux/Unix-based systems
- available as source or as Fedora and openSUSE distros
http://www.gnome.org/ (homepage)
http://www.gnome3.org/ (announcement)
PeaZip 3.7
open source file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP
- extract 129 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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