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Chess News

iGrandMaster 1.0
commercial chess program for the iPhone/iPod by Frank Schneider and Kai Skibbe (Gromit, Anaconda)
no download link! program may be available at the Apple store
http://www.igrandmaster.de/index_en.html

Winboard/XBoard News
explanation of new feature added to latest Winboard alpha: 'one-click moving'
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html
http://hgm.nubati.net/ (Winboard alpha downloads)

Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 21 days
Ares homepage down for 12 days
Betsy homepage down for 31 days
BigLion homepage down today
Colossus homepage down for 37 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 9 days
Matacz homepage down today
Typhoon homepage down for 15 days

Wiki Changes

Mobile Chess List
- added iGrandMaster for iPhone/iPod
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

Chess Engine List
- added Rooster to Retreated Engine List
- added Roque
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_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 occasionally crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

CDBurnerXP 4.2.7.1893
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software. Recommended
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage & download)
additional downloads:
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 Update required if using WMA format
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=333325fd-ae52-4e35-b531-508d977d32a6
http://hem.bredband.net/download3/wmfdist.exe (Media format 9.0)

Recuva 1.35
free program to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin, digital cameras, mp3 players etc.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

RJ TextEd 6.0 beta 1
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
this is a *beta* release
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)

NOTE: On the Java page, once owned by Sun and now by Oracle, I found this quote:
"Oracle is reviewing the Sun product roadmap and will provide guidance to customers in accordance with
Oracle's standard product communication policies. Any resulting features and timing of release of such
features as determined by Oracle's review of roadmaps, are at the sole discretion of Oracle."

Meaning of Colors

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

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