Engine Updates

Critter 1.6a (UCI)
mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac, Android; Gaviota egtbs
bugs fixed:
- engine freezing with dual-socket systems
- same line displayed 2x in multipv mode
- occasional crashes with tablebases
- proper range checking of the depth parameter in "sf store" command
- linux version now runs on older distributions
- there is a new UCI option for king safety weight
http://www.vlasak.biz/critter/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akiba homepage down for 20 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 366 days
Polish engine list homepage down for 20 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

FBackup 4.8.276
free, simple backup program for personal or commercial use
http://www.fbackup.com/

JSDuck 3.11.0
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

Network Scanner 5.4.4
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Parted Magic 2012_06_26
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

Redo Backup and Recovery 1.0.3
easy backup, recovery & bare metal restore for Windows or Linux
- first time listed here
http://redobackup.org/

µTorrent 3.2 RC 6 (build 27503)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=115806 (3.2 forum thread)

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