Engine Updates

Rodent 0.10 (UCI)
C source; Win32; based on Sungorus code
"nothing spectacular, perhaps +30 Elo"
- no "extern inline" rubbish
- KRK checkmate bug corrected
- simplified mobility evaluation
- late move pruning near the leaves
- static null move near the leaves
http://www.koziol.home.pl/rodent_0.10.zip (direct link)

Chess News

Ordo 0.3
command line chess rating software (Elo-like) by Miguel A Ballicora
Win32/64, Linux32/64
- can handle now up to 3 million games
https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 71 days
ChessAlex homepage is down for 24 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 200 days
Fonzy Bluemers homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

ICGA Tournament Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- removed Falcon
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:icga_tournament_list

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- ScalaChess: added to Source Code Only List
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

Autoruns 11.21
displays programs configured to run during system bootup or login, and the Windows processing order of these programs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

Calibre 0.8.35
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/

Process Explorer 15.12
displays information about which Windows handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

TortoiseSVN 1.7.4
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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