Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN program: summary
- re-added PGN program: ecoSplit
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akiba homepage down for 19 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 365 days
Polish engine list homepage down for 19 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 3.20
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
uninstalls programs, system restore, drive wiper, controls startup programs, context menus, etc
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2012/6/25/ccleaner-v320 (announcement)

Orwell Dev-C++ 5.2.0.3
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE
- silent update, version number unchanged
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/

Vala 0.16.1 Stable
Vala 0.17.2 Beta
Vala language resembles C# and Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
- 0.17.2 is the *developmental* branch (beta)
- 0.16.1 is the stable branch
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-list@gnome.org/msg08864.html (0.17.2 announcement)
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-list@gnome.org/msg08861.html (0.16.1 announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Wise Registry Cleaner 7.32
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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