Happy New Year!

Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
EXchess 6.01 beta JA (WB)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Greko 9.0 JA (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Stockfish 2.2 JA (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Stockfish 2.2 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac, Android
http://www.stockfishchess.com/

Chess News

Olivier Deville's PGN collection
also a Polyglot book based on all the PGN games
"Games from 2001 to 2011"
- minimum Elo = 2530
- only long time control games
- no annotations
- no computer games
- no games under 20 moves
http://www.open-aurec.com/chesswar/download.html

Chine 0.8 (WB)
Chinese checkers program
http://sites.google.com/site/gekochess/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 58 days
ChessAlex homepage is down for 11 days
Damas homepage down for 97 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 187 days
Jonny homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Melee Chess: added UCI as protocol
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_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

Akka 2.0 M2
Akka 1.3 RC 5
open source library for Scala or Java languages 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
- 2.0 M2 is a *milestone* pre-release
- 1.3 RC 5 is a *release candidate*
http://akka.io/ (homepage)

Miranda IM 0.9.40
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

Parted Magic 2011_12_30
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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