Update Information: June 28, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
ChessGUI 0.185 (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- more flexible time controls
- Swiss tournament bugfix
"Caution: to finish a tournament started with an older ChessGUI, revisit the tournament timecontrol window first"
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/
http://biglion.110mb.com/
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 66 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 71 days (Permissions problem)
Aristarch homepage down today
Feuerstein homepage down for 6 days (probably dead)
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (62 days)
Parrot homepage down today
Wiki Changes
Source Code Only List
- removed Cluster Toga, it was built by Jim Ablett a couple of weeks ago
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list#source_code_only_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
Auslogics Registry Cleaner 2.0.3.30
free Windows registry optimizer
- improved program appearance
- significantly improved invalid registry keys search algorithms
- increased invalid registry keys search speed
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/
System Explorer 2.2.3
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/
µTorrent 2.0.3 beta (build 20268)
open source BitTorrent client
this is a *beta* release
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=78100
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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