Update Information: November 11, 2009 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Carballo rev.24 (UCI)
many (21!) new commit(s) to the source, (rev = 24), no builds yet
http://sourceforge.net/projects/carballo/ (sourceforge)
http://www.alonsoruibal.com/dev/chess/ (homepage)
Chaturanga 2.4.2 (WB)
http://www.stefanomalloggi.altervista.org/index.htm
Down chess websites
AICE site down today
Alf site down for 7 days
Brutus site down for 21 days
Eden site down for 19 days
Fimbulwinter site down for 21 days (fixing viruses?)
GreKo site down for 20 days (404 error)
Smirf site down for 20 days
Chess News
SCID
2 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 509)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid
Wiki Changes
Chess Engine List
- added Mustang
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)
Warning: Yesterday's Advanced SystemCare link is infected today.
Note: Be careful not to install unwanted toolbars, etc.
MPlayer 2009-11-11
open source media player for Windows
http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#mplayer
Notepad GNU 2.2.8.8.8
open source text editor for Windows, intended as a Notpad replacement
http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepadgnu/
Parted Magic 4.6 RC1
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester
this is *beta* software with additional features; it may be unstable
http://partedmagic.com/
SyncToy 2.1
free Microsoft disk synchronization utility
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&displaylang=en
USBDeview 1.47
free 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)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list
Note: Sorry, I forgot to post this yesterday!