Update Information: August 5, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
ArabianKnight 1.1.8 JA (WB)
Win32
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/
Chess News
Scid vs. PC 4.5 (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
- lots of new features and bugfixes
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html (homepage)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bubble homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 40 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 7 days (a 110mb.com site)
Smaug homepage down for 11 days
Superchessengine homepage down for 54 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
Vicki homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Lovelace 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
Calibre 0.8.13
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 3.8M1
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-3.8M1-201108031800/index.php (download)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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