Update Information: January 30, 2012 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Virutor 1.0 (UCI)
new engine by Vaclav Vavra
Win32; requires several dll's (included)
https://sites.google.com/site/virutor/Home/windows
Chess News
Chess Engines for Android
Aart Bik's collection of engines that run on his Chess For Android Chess GUI
- updated VirutorChess 1.0
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html
Bihasa 3.2 (WB)
variant engine for playing Capablanca and Gothic Chess on a 10x8 board size
by Deuterium author Ferdinand Mosca
http://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/downloads-1
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Asterisk homepage down for 88 days
Belofte homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
ChessAlex homepage is down for 41 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 217 days
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
CCleaner 1.01 for Mac
free file/browswer/omnibox optimization/privacy/cleaning tool
- first time for Mac build
http://www.piriform.com/mac/ccleaner (homepage & download)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2012/1/30/ccleaner-for-mac-v101 (annoucement)
FreeFileSync 5.0
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/
Git 1.7.9
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/
jEdit 4.5.0
open source, cross-platform programmer's text editor; supports many languages; extensive plugins
http://www.jedit.org/
Macrium Reflect Free 5.0.4258
Windows32/64 disk imaging; free edition has full image backups/restores only and only for private use
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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