Update Information: August 8, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Eia 0.1 JA (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/haskak-01-ja.zip (disrect link)
Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
HaskellChess - Haskak 0.1 JA (UCI)
new engine by Karol M Stasiak
Haskell source; Win32, Linux32
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/haskak-01-ja.zip (direct link)
Chess News
Chess for Android 4.03 (WB/UCI)
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/ (blog)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html (homepage and download)
Elo/LOS, minimum number of games, minimum score for no regression
statistical programs for interpreting test results by Jesús Muñoz
http://www14.zippyshare.com/v/95422764/file.html (download link)
Perfect 2012t
Perfect 2012c
strong opening books from Sedat Canbaz
- compatible interfaces for 't' book: Aquarium, Arena, Fritz and Shredder Classic
- compatible interfaces for 'c' book: Aquarium, Fritz
http://www.sedatcanbaz.com/chess/perfect-2012ct-opening-books/
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Chiron homepage down for 2 days (not found)
Comet homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 409 days
DeepDuke homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked.
Wiki Changes
Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added 'N-Board Chess with 16x16'
- added 'Self-replication on a Chessbboard'
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_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
AIMP 3.10.1072
free audio player with audio converter, recorder, and tag editor; Internet radio & more
http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?do=lang&lng=en
Freemake Video Converter 3.1.1
convert 200+ video formats; cut/join/scale video; rip & burn DVDs; burn Blu-rays, upload to YouTube; more
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
GPartEd Live 0.13.1
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)
Komodo Edit 7.1.1
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads
LibreOffice 3.6.0
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
Note: OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
Network Scanner 5.4.5
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/
ROSA 2012 "GNOME"
Mandriva-based Linux distro with Gnome 2 desktop; #32 in popularity
http://www.rosalinux.com/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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