Engine Updates

Dorky 4.0 (WB)
Win32/64; mp
- the first release of a new version in over 7 years
- added mp
- a rewrite of all the major components
- books created by previous versions of Dorky are not compatible
http://home.insightbb.com/~mmcknight/

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.221 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
http://www.chessgui.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Chess for Android 2.9 (UCI)
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android phone
- built-in engines improved
- UCI improvements:
--- engine tournament feature (with resume option)
--- option settings saved per engine
--- more flexible uninstall or clear options window
--- added robbobases support
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html

ChessPad 0.06 Alpha (UCI)
open source chess GUI by Jean-Francois Romang;
Note: it is unfortunate that the name 'ChessPad' is already in use by a different program
- this is an *alpha* release
http://www.assembla.com/code/chesspad/subversion/nodes (source)
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.chesspad&feature=search_result (info & install)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 40 days (404: page not found)
Firefly homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 273 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Grizzly broken promise (move to new homepage) not done after 33 days
Kvetka homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Norbert Raimund Leisner List homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Loop homepage down for 21 days (serious clone accusation may have ended Loop)
MFChess homepage down for 27 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Aristarch homepage back up
Darmenios homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- improved Chezz link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chess for ICC
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_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

Defraggler 2.05
free file/directory/drive defragmenter with scheduling & many options
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/5/19/defraggler-v205 (announcement)

Groovy++ 0.4.243 1.8.0
open source jvm language
this is an extension to the standard Groovy jvm language; it supports better runtime efficiency using static typing
- the 2nd set of numbers in the version refer to the parent Groovy version
http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/downloads/list

LibreOffice 3.4.0 RC 1
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/ (download)

SQLite 3.7.6.3
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "a patch release that fixes a single bug associated with WAL (write-ahead log) mode"
- "all users are encouraged to upgrade to version 3.7.6.3 or later"
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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