Engine Updates

Arabian Knight 1.45 (WB)
Java source; own GUI; mp
version 1.44:
-fixed Important bug in multithreading. Now it's MUCH FASTER
version 1.45:
-isolated pawn and double pawn penalty changed
-dynamic material factor value changed
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/ArabianKnight.html (Leo page)

Chess News

Jin Chess GUI 2.14.1
open source, cross platform Chess GUI for playing online; supports ICS and FICS
- Java apps got broken by OSX 10.7 (Lion), new Mac release fixes this problem
- no change to program if running on other operating systems
http://www.jinchess.com/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jin/ (project page)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 78 days (broken computer)
Matacz homepage down for 46 days (a 110mb.com site)

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

Defraggler 2.07
free file/directory/drive defragmenter with scheduling & many options
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/9/13/defraggler-v207 (announcement)

ID3 Renamer 4.2.1
free utility to bulk-rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/

Lunascape 6.5.5
free browser with all 3 major rendering engines: IE(Trident)+Firefox(Gecko)+Chrome/Safari(Webkit)
developers can preview web pages side-by-side using the 3 different rendering engines
http://www.lunascape.tv/

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.51.2
free Windows anti-virus; detect and remove malware that others fail to detect
free version does *not* allow memory resident protection
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

Meaning of Colors

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

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