Update Information: August 26, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated EPD programs: maintenance release, no significant changes
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html
WinBoard 4.6.pre0
- this is a *beta* release
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.5TM.exe (direct link)
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html (info)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
ChessMind homepage down for 2 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 61 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 28 days (a 110mb.com site)
Monik homepage down for 7 days ("le blog ... n'existe pas")
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
- Smaug: removed dead homepage link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_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
Calibre 0.8.16
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/
LibreOffice 3.4.3 RC 2
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/ (download)
Process Hacker 2.20
open source; examine & manipulate running Windows processes & services
http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/
µTorrent 3.0 (32-bit) build 25583
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
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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