Update Information: October 13, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
ChessGUI 0.235 or 0.236 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- conflicting version numbers!
http://www.chessgui.com/ (says: 0.235)
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/ (says: 0.236)
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Bubble homepage down today (this site is down more often than up)
Butterfly homepage down for 5 days
Crafty (webkikr.com site) down for 3 days
Damas homepage down for 18 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 108 days
GreKo homepage down for 28 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 21 days
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 0.8.22
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/
jEdit 4.4.2
open source, cross-platform programmer's text editor; supports many languages; extensive plugins
http://www.jedit.org/
mIRC 7.22
popular Internet Relay Chat client
http://www.mirc.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mirc.com/news.html (new changes info)
System Explorer 3.5.0
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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