Update Information: December 15, 2009 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Scorpio 2.3.3 beta (WB)
for Win32 only, no source; this is a *beta* release
http://dshawul.googlepages.com/home
Jim Ablett Win builds
- Chesley r311 JA (WB) for Win32/64
- Doch 1.2 JA (UCI) for Win 32/64
- Poor Little Pinkus rev. 1661571 (UCI) for Win32
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html
Chesley the Chess Engine r311 (WB)
C++ source only at this site
latest builds: r311 JA(Win32/64), 1.1(Mac)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/
Down chess websites
Amundsen site down for 10 days
Smirf site down for 54 days
Note: All Sourceforge project pages loaded in a reasonable amount of time
Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit
Chess News
ChessBin 0.0.5.7
Play as black or white against the computer (*not* a WB or UCI engine)
this C# chess engine by Adam Berent requires .NET 2.0
http://www.chessbin.com/page/Download-Chess-Bin-Chess-Game.aspx
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
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6
open source browser. Recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.6/releasenotes/ (release notes)
Miranda IM 0.8.11
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/
MyDefrag 4.2.7
free disk defragmentation program
http://www.mydefrag.com/
RJ TextEd 5.80 beta 1
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)
SeaMonkey 2.0.1
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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