Engine Updates
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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 80 days (404: page not found)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 313 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Superchessengine homepage down for 16 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)

Wiki Changes

Linux Engine List
- changed Jim Ablett web address
- added Umko
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner

http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Umko
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Umko for Android
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_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

Adblock Plus 1.3.9 for Firefox
free, open source Firefox plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Akka 1.1.3
open source library for Scala or Java languages running on the jvm gives developers a simpler
programming model to develop highly reliable asynchronous, non-blocking applications for concurrent
or parallel operation using Actors, STM & Transactors; multi-core scalable and fault-tolerant
http://akka.io/ (homepage)

Freemake Video Converter 2.3.0
convert 200+ video formats; cut/join/scale video; rip & burn DVDs; burn Blu-rays, upload to YouTube; more
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

KeePass Password Safe Classic Edition 1.20
open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
Classic Edition has fewer features but is adequate; does not require .NET framework
http://keepass.info/
http://keepass.info/compare.html (compare Classic vs Professional)

LibreOffice 3.4.1 RC 3
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)

Soluto 1.2.175.0 Beta
free; uses community-developed power-user solutions to fix your PC problems
http://www.soluto.com/

SQLite 3.7.7.1
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "adds a one-line bug fix"
- upgrading from 3.7.7 is only required for applications that use "PRAGMA case_sensitive_like"
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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