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<title>Update Information: August 26, 2011</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Saturday, August 27, 2011, 00:59:</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;">Norm Pollock site</span></strong><br />
PGN &amp; EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases<br />
- updated EPD programs: maintenance release, no significant changes<br />
<a href="http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html">http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">WinBoard 4.6.pre0</span></strong><br />
- this is a *beta* release<br />
<a href="http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.5TM.exe">http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.5TM.exe</a> (direct link)<br />
<a href="http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html">http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html</a> (info)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>ChessMind homepage down for 2 days<br />
Dann Corbit homepage down for 61 days (broken computer!)<br />
Matacz homepage down for 28 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Monik homepage down for 7 days (&quot;le blog ... n'existe pas&quot;)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chess Engine List</span></strong><br />
- Smaug: removed dead homepage link<br />
<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></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 0.8.16</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;">LibreOffice 3.4.3 RC 2</span></strong><br />
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.<br />
- this is a *release candidate*<br />
<a href="http://www.documentfoundation.org/">http://www.documentfoundation.org/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/">http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Process Hacker 2.20</span></strong><br />
open source; examine &amp; manipulate running Windows processes &amp; services<br />
<a href="http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/">http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">µTorrent 3.0 (32-bit) build 25583</span></strong><br />
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client<br />
<a href="http://www.utorrent.com/">http://www.utorrent.com/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=98500">http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=98500</a> (3.0 forum thread)</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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