Update Information: April 30, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Chrome PGN viewer
by Paolo Casaschi; implemented as a downloadable extension
discovered by Andres Valverde (Dirty chess engine)
http://code.google.com/p/pgn4web/wiki/BrowserExtension_GoogleChrome
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Dirty for Android JA (WB)
- does *not* run in Aart Bik's UCI GUI for Android
http://www.dirtychess.com/release/beta/dirty-beta-march-2011-ja-android.rar (direct link)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
BabyChess homepage down for 21 days (404: page not found)
Elf homepage down for 4 days (domain expired)
Frenzee homepage down for 254 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly homepage down for 14 days (homepage is moving)
Loop homepage down for 2 days (clone accusation may have ended Loop)
MFChess homepage down for 8 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Typhoon homepage down today (again)
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
Calibre 0.7.59
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/
PyPy 1.5 (Python)
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog, Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
- PyPy 1.5 implements Python 2.7.1
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)
http://speed.pypy.org/ (PyPy 'Speed Center')
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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