Update Information: June 20, 2013 (Updates)
I will be on vacation. No updates until July 8th
Engine Updates
DanaSah-Z (WB/UCI)
Win32, Linux32, Android, PocketPC
- limited-strength version meant for human play
https://sites.google.com/site/danasah/english/danasah-z-engine
Chess News
JavaPairing 2.6
open source cross-platform chess pairings manager for Swiss events
http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapairing/ (project page)
http://javapairing.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new EPD database: engineTest - 1500+ neutral opening positions useful for fair engine testing
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
AdaChess homepage down for 32 days ("account has been suspended")
Armageddon homepage down for 56 days (no response in 60 seconds)
GreenLightChess homepage down today (not found)
JavaRival homepage down for 63 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Lovelace homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
PowerChess PGN Databases page down for 44 days (not found)
RDChess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 7 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tri-OS homepage down today (not found)
Wing homepage down for 48 days (misconfigured server)
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
AIMP 3.50.1277
free audio player with audio converter, recorder, tag editor, Internet radio & more
http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?do=lang&lng=en
antiX 13.1
based on Debian (testing), desktops: Fluxbox, IceWM; #30 in popularity
http://antix.mepis.com/
FrostWire 5.6.1
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/
FileZilla 3.7.1
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
PHP 5.5.0 Stable
PHP 5.4.16 Stable
PHP 5.4.17, RC 1
PHP 5.3.27, RC 1
PHP is a very popular and practical open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
http://php.net/ (homepage)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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