Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Zochova 0.1 JA (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64; program does not work in Arena
- new JA builds of an older program w/ some JA bugfixes
- includes older Dann Corbit Win32/64 builds
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/zochova-01-ja.zip (direct link)

Chess News

Winboard 4.7 Beta
by HG Muller
- updated today
- implemented 'pause' command
- HG is looking for testers!
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html (more info)
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.7.beta.zip (latest exe direct link)
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-Portable.zip (full package direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 43 days (a 110mb.com site)
CCCP homepage down for 7 days (not found)
ChestUCI homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 528 days
Glass homepage down for 3 days (not found)
Hopeless homepage down for 3 days (not found)
InmiChess homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Jin Chess GUI homepage down for 2 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 43 days (a 110mb.com site)
Powder homepage down for 42 days (project removed)
Rodent homepage down for 3 days (not found)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- Gerhard has changed the 'FACE' and 'Participants' pages
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

Cobian Backup 11.2.0.582
free multi-threaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

LibreOffice 3.6.4
cross platform, open source word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
Note: OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same program
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

USBDeview 2.20
free Win32/64 utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)

Zero Install 1.13.1 for Windows
open source, decentralized cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; with dependency handling and automatic updates"
Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time and run from your cache subsequently
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
http://0install.de/?lang=en

ZevenOS 5.0
Ubuntu-based Linux distro; desktop is Xfce w/ some BEOS features; #58 in popularity
http://www.zevenos.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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