Update Information: March 5, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Arasan 14.0.1 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; own GUI, mp, uses Gaviota egtbs; Win32/64, Linux, Mac
- UCI underpromotion bugfix
http://www.arasanchess.org/ (homepage)
Chess News
Chess for Android 3.1.4 (WB/UCI)
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android phone
- position setup improvements
- enhanced x-chess-pgn content viewing
- option to hide engine's principal variation (useful when playing a real game)
- simplified connection with remote UCI/XBoard engine (network version only)
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Dann Corbit homepage down for 252 days
Michel Van den Bergh site down for 7 days (not found)
Wiki Changes
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- CSVBoard: revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list
Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Deep Saros: revised entry
- Glaurung: added to list
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list
Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Glaurung: added another link
- GNUchess: minor revision
- OliThink: removed link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list
Software For Solving Chess Problems / Puzzles / Endgame Studies
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Wilhelm: removed link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_chess_problems
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
Cobian Backup 11.0.0.418
free multithreaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
Django 1.4 RC 1
high-level, rapid development Python-based web framework
- this is a *release candidate*
https://www.djangoproject.com/
Ghostery 1.3 for Safari
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; "See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/ (homepage)
http://www.ghostery.com/download (download + browser comparisons)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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