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<title>Update Information: April 11, 2012</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Thursday, April 12, 2012, 00:39:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Black Mamba 1.0 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
new engine by Matteo D'Annibale and Maurizio Platino<br />
Win32/64/64SSE2, Mac32; multiPV; limit strength<br />
- not new, it has been undiscovered since 2011-12-29<br />
<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/mdannib/home">https://sites.google.com/site/mdannib/home</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Grizzly 2.0.8x (WB)</span></strong><br />
Win32<br />
- bugfix for WB compatibility<br />
<a href="http://www.slengo.de/index.php/de/grizzly-de">http://www.slengo.de/index.php/de/grizzly-de</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span><br />
Nothing new today <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>Dann Corbit homepage down for 289 days<br />
SharpChess2 homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)</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;">- 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;">Adobe Reader 10.1.3</span></strong><br />
free PDF viewer<br />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/">http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&amp;platform=Windows">http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&amp;platform=Windows</a> (Windows download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Ext JS 4.1 RC 3</span></strong><br />
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications<br />
- this is a *release candidate*<br />
<a href="http://www.sencha.com/">http://www.sencha.com/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/">http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/</a> (info)<br />
<a href="http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/download/">http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/download/</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">MariaDB 5.5.23 Stable</span></strong><br />
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra db engines &amp; extra features<br />
&quot;MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL&quot;<br />
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL<br />
- this is the latest stable release<br />
<a href="http://kb.askmonty.org/">http://kb.askmonty.org/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features">http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features</a> (extra features)<br />
<a href="http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5523-release-notes">http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5523-release-notes</a> (release notes)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Python 3.2.3</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Python 3.1.5</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Python 2.7.3</span></strong><br />
popular open source programming language<br />
- this are stable releases<br />
<a href="http://www.python.org/">http://www.python.org/</a> (homepage)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1.1</span></strong><br />
free, open source Python IDE plugin supporting CPython and IronPython; NumPy &amp;<br />
SciPy; parallel &amp; clustering support; debugging; profiling; more <br />
- mostly bugfixes <br />
<a href="http://pytools.codeplex.com/">http://pytools.codeplex.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Qt SDK 1.2.1</span></strong><br />
open source cross-platform windowing system / GUI builder<br />
- includes updated Qt libraries 4.8.1<br />
- includes Qt Creator IDE 2.4.1 for C/C++ &amp; JavaScript<br />
<a href="http://qt.nokia.com/downloads">http://qt.nokia.com/downloads</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Wise Disk Cleaner 7.21</span></strong><br />
free; nagware; finds and deletes temporary/log/junk files from your PC<br />
<a href="http://www.wisecleaner.com/wisediskcleanerfree.html">http://www.wisecleaner.com/wisediskcleanerfree.html</a></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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