Update Information: July 3, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Lantern Chess 3.97 (WB/UCI)
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)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
BabyChess homepage down for 85 days (404: page not found)
Bubble homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 7 days (broken computer!)
Frenzee homepage down for 318 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Superchessengine homepage down for 21 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
DreamChess homepage back up
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
FreeFileSync 3.18
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/
Miranda IM 0.9.24
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/
Parted Magic 6.3
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/
Python 3.2.1 RC 2
popular open source scripting language
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.python.org/ (homepage)
http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.2.1/ (more info)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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