Engine Updates

Jonny 4.0 (UCI)
Win32
- eval mostly unchanged, search totally rewritten
- skill level increase vs. Jonny 3.08 is approximately 50-70 Elo
http://www.mathe2.uni-bayreuth.de/20er/
http://www.mathe2.uni-bayreuth.de/20er/jonny/Jonny400.zip (direct link)

Mainsworthy 172
C++ source; Win32; own GUI (GUI for native use only, no other WB or UCI engines)
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Mainsworthy.html (Leo page)

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 372), no new build
- search change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new EPD program: epdOrder - sorts the records in descending order based on the value of the "ce" opcode
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Frenzee homepage down for 57 days (permissions problem)
NSVChess homepage down for 11 days (403 error: forbidden)

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today

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

mIRC 7.14
popular Internet Relay Chat client
http://www.mirc.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mirc.com/news.html (new changes info)

RJ TextEd 6.82
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)

USBDeview 1.81
free utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (Win32 direct download)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview-x64.zip (Win64 direct download)

Wise Registry Cleaner Free 5.81
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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