Update Information: September 5, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Chess Live!
WinBoard web-based chess game broadcast system
- first time listed here
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=422405&t=40250
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bubble homepage down for 4 days (down again)
ChessMind homepage down today (no content)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 70 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 38 days (a 110mb.com site)
Mizar homepage down for 7 days ("domain has expired")
Wiki Changes
Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Dirty
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_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
BurnAware 3.5
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)
Explorer++ 1.3.1
open source multi-tab file manager for Windows32/64 using familiar Windows Explorer interface
http://www.explorerplusplus.com/ (homepage)
http://www.explorerplusplus.com/download (download)
Groovy 1.8.2 & Groovy 1.9 Beta 3
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it appears to be a superset of the Java language
- version 1.9 is a *beta* release
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)
NetBeans IDE 7.0.1
open source cross-platform IDE for many programming languages; many, but not all, are Java-based
(includes Java, C/C++, PHP, JavaFX, JavaScript, etc.)
supports normal syntax highlighting, code completion, namespace completion, etc.
all languages have debuggers, profilers and unit testing plus support for collaborative programming
- patch 1 now available
http://netbeans.org/ (homepage)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org