Update Information: July 28, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Dolphin 1.4 (WB)
C# source; Win32; own GUI; requires .NET Framework
http://www.itc-hubt.net/dolphin/Index_en.html
Tony Mokonen Windows builds
DoubleCheck 1.0 TM (UCI)
by Lucas Braesch
C source; Win32/64, Linux64; fixed-size hash of 16MB
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/download/file.php?id=23190 (CCRL: Linux only)
http://www.wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/downloada/doublecheck/DoubleCheck_10.zip (Leo: linux only)
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DoubleCheck10_Windows.rar (TM: Win32/64)
Chess News
Nothing new today
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bestia homepage down for 9 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 32 days (broken computer!)
DreamChess homepage down today (misconfigured)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 9 days (a 110mb.com site)
Jupiter homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 9 days (a 110mb.com site)
Matacz homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Smaug homepage down for 3 days
Superchessengine homepage down for 46 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 9 days (a 110mb.com site)
Armageddon homepage back up
Bubble 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
Java 7
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE & JDK)
http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/444374 (info)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/jdk7-relnotes-429209.html (release notes)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (download)
Maqetta Preview 2
open source visual authoring system of HTML5 user interfaces - in the browser
this is a *preview* version (beta)
http://maqetta.org/
PHP 5.3.7 RC 4
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
- this is a *release candidate*
http://php.net/ (homepage)
Puppy Linux 'ISpup-Q120'
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
Puppy is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution for Windows users. Recommended.
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
- 'ISpup'= 'Industrial Strength PuppyLinux'; based on Quirky 120
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news & download)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://www.revolutionvoice.com/ (ISpup homepage)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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