Engine Updates

Protector (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 378), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Redqueen (UCI)
5 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 502), no new build
- version number was changed: maybe a new release soon?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News

Kvetka 3.8 Chess GUI (UCI)
intended for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
- plugin 'Analysis' now supports Chessbase, Polyglot & native opening book formats
- this is a *beta* release of the plugin
http://kvetka.org/en/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Frenzee homepage down for 98 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
NSVChess homepage down for 52 days (403 error: forbidden)
Prophet site down for 22 days ("This domain name expired on 11/01/2010 and is pending renewal or deletion")
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 32 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
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

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011 (build 1170)
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)

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.6.6
free registry cleaner; clean and repair incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm

Groovy++ 0.4.91
this is an extension to the standard Groovy jvm language; it supports better runtime efficiency
http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/downloads/list

Komodo Edit 6.0.2
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

Notepad++ 5.8.5
open source programmer's editor. Recommended!
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

OpenOffice 3.3.0 RC 6
open source word processing, database, spreadsheet, chart, math formula editor, etc
this is a *release candidate*
http://download.openoffice.org/ (homepage)
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Feature_Freeze_Testing_3.3 (new features)
http://download.openoffice.org/all_beta.html (info & download)

Opera 11.00 beta
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant rendering
this is a *beta* release
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1100b/ (beta changelog)
http://www.opera.com/browser/next/ (beta download)

Sysinternals Suite
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

Meaning of Colors

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

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