Engine Updates

MagnumChess 3.0.0 (UCI)
Java source; Win32
- strength increase due to optimizations, better time control code and bug fixes
http://code.google.com/p/magnumchess/

REMainsworthy 13 (WB)
C++ source; Win32; there are several other engines
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Mainsworthy.html (Leo page)

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Frenzee homepage down for 69 days (permissions problem)
NSVChess homepage down for 23 days (403 error: forbidden)
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 3 days (internal server error)
Shredder homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Zappa Mexico homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- some minor editing changes
- added Tyrell (ChessMaude-GUI)
- added Valil Chess-WinFX
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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 crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011 (build 1152)
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free (homepage)
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh (download)

Komodo Edit 6.0.1
Free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

PeaZip 3.4
open source file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP
- extract 124 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)

Vala/Genie 0.11.1
the Vala language resembles C# and the Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
no Windows build yet
- require and target GLib >= 2.16
- guard access to out parameters to allow null arguments
- add support for local constants
- support file descriptor passing with GDBus
- support cached property values in GDBus clients
- support Cancellable parameter in GDBus clients
- support no-reply methods in GDBus clients and servers
- more refactoring in the code generator
- many bug fixes and binding updates
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-list@gnome.org/msg05919.html (announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info + download)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Wise Registry Cleaner Free 5.84
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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