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Update Information: May 31, 2013 (Updates)

by Ron @, Saturday, June 01, 2013, 00:57

Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux/Android builds
DiscoCheck 4.2.1 JA (UCI)
- new Win32, Linux32 and Android builds
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5047625/discocheck-421-android-ja (Android)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5047625/discocheck-421-ja.zip (Win/Linux)

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites :-(

AdaChess homepage down for 12 days ("account has been suspended")
Armageddon homepage down for 36 days (403 error: forbidden)
BaChess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Dolphin homepage down for 79 days (not found)
Elf homepage down for 33 days ("domain name expired")
JavaRival homepage down for 43 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Jim Ablett primary page is down for 3 days ("temporarily suspended due to overtraffic")
PowerChess PGN Databases page down for 24 days (not found)
Pyotr homepage down for 76 days (not found)
Wing homepage down for 28 days (misconfigured server)

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- updated pages: face, how_it_works, conditions, participants, ratings, and download
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

Blender 2.67b
free, open source, cross-platform 3D content creation suite
model • shade • animate • render • composite • interactive 3d
http://www.blender.org/

Calibre 0.9.33
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/

Chakra GNU/Linux 2013.05
independent rolling-release distro (originally forked from Arch); KDE desktop; #22 in popularity
http://chakra-linux.org/

Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 27.0
Windows only; free; based on Google's Chrome browser, with improved security and privacy
stops cookies, no web spies, prevents browser download tracking, etc
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php

GCC 4.8.1
open source Gnu C/C++ Compiler for Linux
includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages
http://gcc.gnu.org/ (homepage)
http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/ (grouped 4.8.x announcement)

Groovy 2.1.4
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

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