Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Jim Ablett Puppy Linux Chess Distros
lots of chess software and lots of Linux engines
- for 32-bit or 64-bit CPUs
- burn a bootable CD/DVD from the iso image
- booting from this disk will not affect your Windows or Linux installation
- 64-bit version has been updated
http://jimablett.net63.net/chess_755/chess-distros.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

AdaChess homepage down for 5 days ("account has been suspended")
Aristarch homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Armageddon homepage down for 29 days (403 error: forbidden)
Belofte homepage down for 74 days ("this site has been suspended")
Dolphin homepage down for 72 days (not found)
Elf homepage down for 26 days ("domain name expired")
InmiChess homepage down for 69 days (no response in 60 seconds)
JavaRival homepage down for 36 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Power Chess PGN Databases page down for 17 days (not found)
Pyotr homepage down for 69 days (not found)
Wing homepage down for 21 days (untrusted connection)

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 0.9.32
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/

Cobra 0.9.4
.NET language with GC & OO (lambda/closures/etc), qa, and static/dynamic compiled/scripting
- syntax resembles Python or Ruby
http://cobra-language.com/

Git 1.8.3
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

WinPython 3.3.2.0 -- for Win32/64
WinPython 2.7.5.0 -- for Win32/64
open-source portable distribution of Python for Windows32/64
allows use of different Python versions that are fully isolated from each other
WinPython is the easiest way of getting Spyder IDE working on Win32/64
NumPy, SciPy and Matplot are also included
- this is a large file to download (more than 200 MB)
http://code.google.com/p/winpython/

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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