Engine Updates

OliThink 5.2.3 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- at root don't search the hash move first, search the pv-move first!
http://home.arcor.de/dreamlike/chess/index.html

Down chess websites
Amundsen site down for 4 days
Neurone site down for 6 days (exceeded quota?)
Omar site down today (quota exceeded)
Smirf site down for 48 days

Note: Some Sourceforge project pages did not load in a reasonable amount of time

Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit

Chess News

ChessBin 0.0.5.5
Play as black or white against the computer (*not* a WB or UCI engine)
this C# chess engine by Adam Berent requires .NET 2.0
http://www.chessbin.com/page/Download-Chess-Bin-Chess-Game.aspx

SCID
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 529)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

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

Amaya 11.3.1
open source remote web editor supporting HTML, CSS, XML, etc.
http://www.w3.org/Amaya/

µTorrent 2.0 beta 17539
open source BitTorrent client
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=60602 (info)
this is a direct link to the latest *beta* release
http://download.utorrent.com/beta/utorrent-2.0-beta-17539.upx.exe

Meaning of Colors

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

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