Engine Updates

DoubleCheck 3.4 (UCI)
C source; Win64, Linux64
- tuned king safety weights
- rewritten and tuned passed pawns eval
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/DoubleCheck.html (Leo page)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
DoubleCheck 3.4 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 303 days
Octochess source code page down today (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Butterfly: comment revision
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- many, many changes
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Aquarium - comment revision, additional links
- Bookup - comment revisions
- Chess Assistant Edition - comment revisions
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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

CCleaner 3.18
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2012/4/25/ccleaner-v318 (announcement)

Cobian Backup 11.1.0.543
free multithreaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
- beta status has been removed, looks like a stable version now
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

JSDuck 3.9.1
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

TightVNC 2.5
cross-platform open source remote control software package;
you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard
- Java Viewer updated to version 2.1
http://www.tightvnc.com/
http://www.tightvnc.com/release-2.5.php (announcement)

Wise Registry Cleaner 7.16
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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