Update Information: August 16, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Kvetka 3.10 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
- plugin "Options" updated
http://kvetka.org/en/
Lantern Chess 4.40 (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
Bubble homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 51 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 18 days (a 110mb.com site)
Smaug homepage down for 22 days
Smash homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Superchessengine homepage down for 65 days (Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer & Smash)
Wiki Changes
Engine Download List
new list!
- added download for Fruit 2.1
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list
Chess Engine List
- added some more Toga and Fruit links
- moved BibiChess to Retreated Engine List
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Lists Page
- added Engine Download List
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:index
Private Engine List
- added Anaconda
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list
Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added logo link for Chessmaster 10th Edition
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_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
Firefox 6.0
popular, free, open source browser; recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
FreeFileSync 3.21
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/
ICQ 7.6
audio/video/text chat w/ connectivity to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc for desktop & mobile
http://www.icq.com/en
SeaMonkey 2.3
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Thunderbird 6.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/6.0/releasenotes/ (release notes)
Vala/Genie 0.13.2
the Vala language resembles C# and the Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
- this is the development branch (*beta* version)
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-list@gnome.org/msg07619.html (announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)
Wise Registry Cleaner Free 6.14
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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