Update Information: June 22, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Hannibal 1.1 (UCI)
Win32/64
http://sites.google.com/site/edapostol/hannibal
Nebiyu 1.4 (WB)
Win32; supports chess variants; programs for Checkers, Go, Reversi & Amazons too; extra games require Winboard 4.5 or better
http://dshawul.googlepages.com/home
Dann Corbit Win64 builds
- Purple Haze 2.0.1 DC (WB) for Win64
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/purplehaze.7z (direct link)
Sjakk 1.1.8 (WB)
Win32; own GUI
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~jacobbl/jacob/Sjakk/Sjakk.htm
Chess News
Chess for Android 2.9.1 (UCI)
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android phone
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html
Lantern Chess 3.9
Chess GUI by Mike Adams supporting WB & UCI for ICC online play/chat for Linux, Windows and Mac
http://www.lanternchess.com/ (homepage)
http://www.adammr.com/lanternhelp/lantern-help.html (help)
Winglet tutorial
A step-by-step guide for writing and improving your own bitboard chess engine by Stef Luijten
- Stef continues writing his C++ tutorial
http://www.sluijten.com/winglet/
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Armageddon homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
BabyChess homepage down for 74 days (404: page not found)
Frenzee homepage down for 307 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Superchessengine homepage down for 10 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
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
ActivePerl Community Edition
free cross-platform Perl distribution including the most popular Perl libraries
- Perl 5.12.4.1205
- Perl 5.14.0.1400
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads
AntiVir Personal 10.0.0.650 Free
free; highly-rated antivirus product (nagware)
http://www.free-av.com/en/products/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html
CDT 8.0 & CDT 7.0.2
open source, fully-featured C/C++ IDE plugin for Eclipse
- CDT 8.0 is for Eclipse Indigo
- CDT 7.02 is for Eclipse Helios
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/
Eclipse 3.7
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.7RC4-201106030909/index.php (download)
Eclipse Indigo + CDT 8.0 Download Package
all-in-one open source package containing Eclipse Indigo and CDT 8.0
open source, fully-featured extensible IDE framework + plugin for C/C++ development
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-cc-developers-includes-incubating-components/indigor
FOG 0.31
If you need to maintain several Windows computers with identical configuration & software
(for a school, library, business, etc.), this is the best tool to do it
http://www.fogproject.org/
HWINFO32/HWINFO64 3.82-1300
free system hardware information tool, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)
IrfanView 4.30
free image viewer/scanner/printer/converter for Windows with some paint/editing options & many plugins
http://www.irfanview.com/
IronPython 2.7.1 Beta 1
free, open source Python for .NET/Mono; use Visual Studio or MonoDevelop for easy development
Windows: requires .NET 4.0 or Silverlight 4; Linux: requires Mono 2.10.1 / MoonLight
- updated the standard library to match CPython 2.7.2
- add the ast, csv, and unicodedata modules
- fixed several bugs
http://ironpython.net/ (homepage)
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/68588 (announcement)
jEdit 4.4.1
open source, cross-platform programmer's text editor; supports many languages; extensive plugins
http://www.jedit.org/
Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.5
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program; run it in addition to your usual antivirus
http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/
Perl 5.14.1
popular open source scripting language
http://www.perl.org/
Process Hacker 2.17
open source; examine & manipulate running Windows processes & services
http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/
System Explorer 3.0.0
free; detailed info about wINDOWS tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/
Thunderbird 3.1.11
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.1.11/releasenotes/ (release notes)
µTorrent 3.0 RC 8
open source BitTorrent client
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=98500 (3.0 forum thread)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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