Update Information: August 6, 2010 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 306), no new build
- eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)
Redqueen 0.5 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 334), no new build
- 334: experiment full evaluation in every node
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess
Chess News
Chess for Android 2.3
Aart Bik's free chess engine for the Android phone
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/2010/08/chess-for-android-23.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 105 days
Amundsen homepage down for 110 days (Permissions problem)
Bearded homepage down for 26 days
Brainless homepage down today
Evolution Chess homepage down today
Feuerstein homepage down for 45 days (probably dead)
Game Analyser homepage down for 2 days
Kanguruh homepage down for 2 days
Norm Pollock site down today
Schola homepage down today
TLCV homepage down for 2 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage back up
Pyotr homepage back up
Wiki Changes
Myrddin
- John Merlino has updated Myrddin's results in OpenWar 7
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:myrddin:index
Chess GUI List
updated by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- ChessHero info updated
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list
Endgame Tablebases and other Bitbases List
updated by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Sage Tablebases removed
- added extra link for RobboBases
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_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
Calibre 0.7.13
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/
Fresh HTML 3.53
free html editor
http://www.freshwebmaster.com/index.html
ID3 Renamer 4.0.1
free utility to bulk rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/
Task Coach 1.0.8
open source cross-platform todo manager with task or calendar viewing
http://www.taskcoach.org/
µTorrent 2.2 'Griffin' beta (build 21002)
open source BitTorrent client
this is a *beta* release
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=76840
VirtualBox 3.2.8
open source general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)
You can be the guy with all the operating systems! (screenshot)
http://www.virtualbox.org/attachment/wiki/Screenshots/snapshot-details.png
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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