Engine Updates

Supra 1.1.1 (UCI)
Win32
- resolution of some problems with promotions
last version of engine was buggy, this release may fix the problems
http://suprachesssystem.com/

Chess News

WinBoard 4.5.1
- corrects most of the packaging and MSVC compatibility problems in the 4.5.0 package
- corrects a few minor bugs that surfaced
- source code release only
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/xboard.git (xboard git repository)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/xboard.git/snapshot/master-20110217.tar.gz (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 61 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bearded homepage down for 7 days
Brutus homepage down for 9 days
Fianchetto homepage down for 38 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 183 days (webpage down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 36 days
Matacz homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 49 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 48 days
Armageddon homepage back up
SharpChess, Sharper homepage homepage back up after being down for 10 days

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

Calibre 0.7.46
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

CPU-Z 1.57
free utility to detect all PC hardware & system components
- it seems the previous CPU-Z ROG 1.57 was just a beta release
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Digital Mars D Compiler 1.067 & 2.052 alpha
free compiler for Win32, Linux32 & Mac; an interesting OO language
- version 1.067 is the latest stable release; 2.052 is an *alpha* release
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

GeSHi 1.0.8.10
open source generic syntax highlighter for various PHP web systems
supports syntax highlighting of 201 programming languages
http://qbnz.com/highlighter/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/geshi/files/ (downloads)

Ghostery
free, open source browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; "See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
- the project is now open source
http://news.ghostery.com/ (annoucement)
http://www.ghostery.com/download (download)

Groovy 1.8 RC 1
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it appears to be a superset of the Java language
- this is a *release candidate*
http://groovy.codehaus.org/
http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10242&version=17132 (release notes)

LibreOffice 3.3.1 RC 2
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
"The OpenOffice.org trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation"
"Since Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems, the [OpenOffice] Community has been under 'notice to quit'"
- this is a *release candidate*
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/

Ruby 1.9.2 p180
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

Meaning of Colors

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

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