Engine Updates

Neurone XVII (WB)
Win32 only; requires .NET 2.0
fixed:
- timeout!
add on:
- small optimizations
- new logo
note:
- only 32 bit version
http://www.lissandrello.it/?p=524#
http://www.g-sei.org/?p=281 (download)

Octochess r4638 (WB)
C++ source; Win64, Linux64
maybe new Jim Ablett builds soon
- WB and UCI: Number of threads can be set
- WB and UCI: Size of transposition table can be set
- WB: Support fixed move time (st command)
- improved playing strength
- specialized endgame evaluation
- many small performance optimizations
- UCI: fix quit command not actually quitting
- UCI: after returning bestmove after a go, the move is not actually applied
- UCI: implement support for the OwnBook option
- UCI: basic support for the movetime argument to the go command
http://octochess.org/

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- EPD database: added mateInX.epd (positions with mate in X moves by color to move)
- EPD database: added openAfterX.epd (frequent positions after X half-moves (plies) from the standard opening position)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 22 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 18 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 329 days
Surprise homepage down for 13 days (server is misconfigured)

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

GPartEd Live 0.12.1-5 Stable
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
- yesterday's testing release is now declared stable
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

Linux Kernel 3.4
the kernel is the heart of Linux
- btrfs updates, GPU driver updatess, and more
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.4

Perl 5.16.0
popular open source scripting language
http://www.perl.org/ (homepage)
http://search.cpan.org/~rjbs/perl-5.16.0/pod/perldelta.pod (changes)

System Explorer 3.8.9
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Wise Registry Cleaner 7.22
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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