Update Information: December 19, 2011 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
ChessPartner ios 6.0.1
commercial Chess GUI plus engine for iPod/iPad/iPhone
http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner-ios-601-released.aspx
GM of Logic
play chess online; written in Java by Bill Henry
http://www.mytopcoder.com/gmol/
Penguin 8
Penguin is a PGN viewer / reader / editor and GUI with a limited functionality UCI interface
"Penguin can interface with UCI engines and suggest best moves for game positions"
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dashstofsk/penguin.html
Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated EPD programs: epdFin (bugfix), epdPly (bugfix)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Asterisk homepage down for 46 days
Damas homepage down for 85 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 175 days
Wiki Changes
Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added and revised the Graham Banks logo section
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
ADO.NET provider for Firebird 2.7
http://www.firebirdsql.org
http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/net-provider/ (download)
GPartEd Live 0.10.0-7
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
IrfanView 4.32
free image viewer/scanner/printer/converter for Windows with some paint/editing options & many plugins
http://www.irfanview.com/
Orwell Dev-C++ 5.1.0.0 RC 1 Overwrite Update
an excellent open source C/C++ IDE
- first time listed here
- this is a *release candidate* update that overwrites parts of version 5.0.0.9
package http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/
VirtualBox 4.1.8
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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