Update Information: March 15, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
CmcChess 2.27 (UCI)
Win32, mp
- silent update, no version change: new compile
http://people.oregonstate.edu/~machao/Cmcchess_site/index.html
RedQueen 1.1.1 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64, Linux32/64; uses pthreads library
- quick bugfix for yesterday's release fixing 32-bit dependencies & aspiration window widening
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess/
Chess News
Chess Engines for Android
- RedQueen 1.1 (UCI) - this corresponds to version 1.1.0
- RedQueen 1.1.1 (UCI)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html
XBoard Alpha News
by HG Muller
- new and experimental features for the next release
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Dann Corbit homepage down for 262 days
Denis Mendoza builds page down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Joanna homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Norbert Raimund Leisner List down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Pawny homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Wiki Changes
FACE Tournament
update by Gerhard
- updated page: Ratings
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- WB2UCI: added another link
- WinBoard / XBoard: added another link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list
SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added CmcChess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_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 0.8.43
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/
JSDuck 3.8.1
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck
LibreOffice 3.5.1
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
MariaDB 5.5.21
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra db engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
- this is a *beta* release
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5521-release-notes (release notes)
http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.5.21/ (download)
Maxthon 3.3.6.1000
free IE-based web browser with many extra features and plugins
http://www.maxthon.com/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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