Engine Updates

Komodo 2.03 SSE4 DC (UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- new SSE4 build by Dann Corbit for recent cpus running Win64
http://komodochess.com/

Queen 4.03a (WB/UCI)
own GUI; Win32
- GUI moves are now shown in SAN notation
- non-GUI version is *not* updated
http://home.planet.nl/~ammeraal/chess.html

Chess News

Winglet tutorial
A step-by-step guide for writing and improving your own bitboard chess engine by Stef Luijten
- Stef continues writing his C++ tutorial
http://www.sluijten.com/winglet/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 69 days (404: page not found)
Bestia homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Bubble homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)
ChessMind homepage down for 3 days (empty page)
Frenzee homepage down for 302 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Matacz homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Superchessengine homepage down for 5 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
Tony's Chess homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Vicki 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

Calibre 0.8.6
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/

LibreOffice 3.4.1 RC 1
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/ (download)

QtWeb 3.7.3
open source web browser based on Qt and Webkit
- first time listed here
http://www.qtweb.net/

Sandboxie 3.56
free utility (nagware) or nag-free shareware: run/install programs in a safe sandbox
that cannot affect your Windows stability/security
http://www.sandboxie.com/

UltraVNC 1.0.9.6.1
open source, cross-platform remote desktop; can view/control Win, Linux, or Mac
http://www.uvnc.com/ (homepage)
http://www.uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc/95-downlaod-10961.html (download)

µTorrent 3.0 (32-bit) RC 6
open source BitTorrent client
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=98500 (3.0 forum thread)

Vala/Genie 0.13.0
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
this is the *developmental* branch (beta)
- more refactoring in the code generator
- improvements to the .gir reader
- switch JSON-GLib bindings to .gir
- drop deprecated support for D-Bus GLib in favor of GDBus
- many bug fixes and binding updates
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-list@gnome.org/msg07167.html (announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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