Engine Updates

Butterfly 0.5 (UCI)
C++ source; own GUI (Windows only); Win32/64, Linux32/64; perft with source also available; requires pthreads dll (included in download)
- new Linux32/64 builds
http://code.google.com/p/butterfly-chess-engine/downloads/list

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
DoubleCheck 3.3 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Knightcap 3.7b JA (WB)
C source; Win32, Linux32, Android
"new fully working Windows build with eval learning that no longer requires Cygwin IPC server daemon to be installed"
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Denis Mendoza Win64 builds
Rodent 0.13 DM (UCI)
Rodent 0.14 DM (UCI)
C source; Win64; based on Sungorus code
- AMD64 PGO builds
http://kirr.homeunix.org/chess/engines/Denis%20Mendoza/

SecondChess version number, formerly unknown, is now recognized as 0.1

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 299 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 2 days ("502 Bad Gateway")

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chess Assistant: some comment revisions
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Online Databases / Game Collections List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added a link for ChessBase Light Premium 2009
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:online_databases_game_collections_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

CrystalDiskInfo 4.6.1
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
- security alert: watch out for the OpenCandy ads, use adfree Portable Edition instead
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

LibreOffice 3.53 Testing
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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