Engine Updates

Cupcake 1.1a (WB)
Java source; Win32
- adds a couple of search enhancements
- bug fixes
- threaded input
- razoring, PVS and LMR added to search
- added Twinkie class to use Bookworm opening book
- revamp input to allow settings from stdin (for Adam Hair autotune)
- "it should give a few elo improvement over version 1.0"
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/80776806/Cupcake_11a.rar (direct link)

Chess News

Lucas Chess 7.0 Beta 1
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Open source (Python); Win32
- this is a *beta* release
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 21 days (not found)
CCCP homepage down for 40 days (not found)
ChestUCI homepage down for 24 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 21 days (not found)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 24 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony Mokonen's files down for 11 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Warning: Inmi site has been hacked and is unsafe to visit
AVG: 'Exploit Blackhole Exploit Kit [type 2371]'

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

Chakra GNU/Linux 2013.01
independent rolling-release distro (originally forked from Arch); KDE desktop; #22 in popularity
http://chakra-linux.org/

CrystalDiskInfo 5.2.2
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Fuduntu 2013.1
independent rolling-release Linux distro (originally forked from Fedora); GNOME2 desktop; #31 in popularity
http://www.fuduntu.org/

SystemRescueCd 3.2.0
bootable image for CD or USB stick to rescue data from HD; mount and read data from any disk;
features disk partitioning, LVM management, data copying, remote backup, more
http://www.sysresccd.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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