Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Note: Cheoss homepage updated with newer version number, but download link is to old version.

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- # 5, 2011
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 34 days (404: page not found)
Frenzee homepage down for 267 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly promised move to new homepage still not done after 27 days
Loop homepage down for 15 days (serious clone accusation may have ended Loop)
MFChess homepage down for 21 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Sjakk homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
ChessMind homepage back up
MatMoi homepage back up
Typhoon homepage back up after 14 days

Wiki Changes

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Modula2Chess
- added picoLisp
- added PyChess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_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 0.8.1
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/

CrystalDiskInfo 4 RC 1
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
- this is a *release candidate*
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Digital Mars D Compiler 1.068 & 2.053 alpha
free compiler for Win32, Linux32 & Mac; an interesting OO language
- version 1.068 is the latest stable release; 2.053 is an *alpha* release
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

Eclipse 3.7 RC 1
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.7RC1-201105122000/index.php (download)

LibreOffice 3.4.0 Beta 5
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- this is a *beta* candidate
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/ (download)

Meaning of Colors

Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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