Update Information: May 27, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Cheng3 1.03 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
- "slightly faster, some bugs fixed; should be 20+elo stronger than 1.02"
- new homepage too
http://www.vlasak.biz/cheng
Fire 1.4 xTreme Beta (UCI)
C source; Win32/64; Ippolit derivative
- normal and POPCNT versions included
- this is a *beta* release
http://users.telenet.be/chesslogik//fire.htm
Supra 1.1.9c (UCI)
Win32; separate Win32 build for Windows 7
http://suprachesssystem.com/
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
BabyChess homepage down for 48 days (404: page not found)
Bestia homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Bubble homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 281 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly broken promise (move to new homepage) not done after 41 days
Loop homepage down for 29 days (serious clone accusation has ended Loop!)
MFChess homepage down for 35 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Wiki Changes
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- fixed s some typos
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list
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
AMD Open64 Compiler Suite 4.2.5.1
open source C/C++/Fortran compiler for Linux32/64
http://developer.amd.com/tools/open64/Pages/default.aspx
Auslogics Registry Cleaner 2.1.0.0
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/
Calibre 0.8.3
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/
Eclipse 3.7 RC 3
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.7RC2-201105191138/index.php (download)
LibreOffice 3.4.0 RC 2
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/ (download)
Python 2.5.6
popular open source scripting language
- this is a new release of an older version
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.6/ (announcement)
TightVNC 2.0.3
cross-platform open source remote control software package;
you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard
http://www.tightvnc.com/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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