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<title>Update Information: April 27, 2012</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Saturday, April 28, 2012, 02:15:</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><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>ChestUCI homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Dann Corbit homepage down for 305 days<br />
Octochess source code page down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)<br />
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Engine GUI List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- minor revision<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Native Engine List</span></strong><br />
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner<br />
- added WChess (for DOS)<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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;">- 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 0.8.49</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;">Java 7, Update 4</span></strong><br />
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)<br />
<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html">http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Macrium Reflect Free 5.0.4522</span></strong><br />
Windows32/64 disk imaging; free edition has full image backups/restores only and only for private use<br />
<a href="http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp">http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">MonetDB Apr2012</span></strong><br />
a heavy-duty, full-featured, open-source database that is not well-known<br />
<a href="http://www.monetdb.org/Home">http://www.monetdb.org/Home</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.monetdb.org/Downloads/ReleaseNotes">http://www.monetdb.org/Downloads/ReleaseNotes</a> (release notes)<br />
<a href="http://www.monetdb.org/Downloads/">http://www.monetdb.org/Downloads/</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">TightVNC 2.5.1</span></strong><br />
cross-platform open source remote control software package;<br />
you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard<br />
<a href="http://www.tightvnc.com/">http://www.tightvnc.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tightvnc.com/release-2.5.php">http://www.tightvnc.com/release-2.5.php</a> (announcement)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Ubuntu 12.04</span></strong><br />
very popular (#2) Linux distribution with a very unpopular destop environment<br />
- the other Ubuntu derivatives, with more maiinstream desktops are also updated: Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, etc<br />
<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">http://www.ubuntu.com/</a> (Ubuntu)<br />
<a href="http://www.kubuntu.org/">http://www.kubuntu.org/</a> (Kubuntu)<br />
<a href="http://lubuntu.net/">http://lubuntu.net/</a> (Lubuntu)<br />
<a href="http://www.xubuntu.org/">http://www.xubuntu.org/</a> (Xubuntu)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">µTorrent 3.1.3 stable (build 27120)</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=115600">http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=115600</a> (3.1.3 forum thread)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Waterfox 12.0 (64-bit Browser)</span></strong><br />
64-bit version of Firefox browser<br />
<a href="http://waterfoxproject.org/">http://waterfoxproject.org/</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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