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<title>Update Information: April 30, 2011</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Sunday, May 01, 2011, 01:01:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span><br />
Nothing new today <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chrome PGN viewer</span></strong><br />
by Paolo Casaschi; implemented as a downloadable extension<br />
discovered by Andres Valverde (Dirty chess engine)<br />
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/pgn4web/wiki/BrowserExtension_GoogleChrome">http://code.google.com/p/pgn4web/wiki/BrowserExtension_GoogleChrome</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Dirty for Android JA (WB)</span></strong><br />
- does *not* run in Aart Bik's UCI GUI for Android<br />
<a href="http://www.dirtychess.com/release/beta/dirty-beta-march-2011-ja-android.rar">http://www.dirtychess.com/release/beta/dirty-beta-march-2011-ja-android.rar</a> (direct link)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>BabyChess homepage down for 21 days (404: page not found)<br />
Elf homepage down for 4 days (domain expired)<br />
Frenzee homepage down for 254 days (purposely down until new engine release)<br />
Grizzly homepage down for 14 days (homepage is moving)<br />
Loop homepage down for 2 days (clone accusation may have ended Loop)<br />
MFChess homepage down for 8 days (no response in 60 seconds)<br />
Typhoon homepage down today (again)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span><br />
Nothing new today <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications</strong></span> (recent releases of free stuff)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Warnings:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color:#f00;"><br />
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.<br />
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected<br />
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash<br />
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Calibre 0.7.59</span></strong><br />
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,<br />
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer<br />
<a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/">http://calibre-ebook.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">PyPy 1.5 (Python)</span></strong><br />
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;<br />
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);<br />
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog, Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy<br />
- PyPy 1.5 implements Python 2.7.1<br />
<a href="http://pypy.org/">http://pypy.org/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://speed.pypy.org/">http://speed.pypy.org/</a> (PyPy 'Speed Center')</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Meaning of Colors</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Red = New or Warning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Green = Updated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">Gray = Info Only</span></strong></p>
<p>Engine List: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a><br />
Chess News: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.<br />
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org</span></strong></p>
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