Engine Updates

Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
3 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 110), no new build
- created new directory tags/temp
- created tag tags/temp/before-personality
--- before committing changes related to the introduction of Personality in CapaPlayer
- remove dir tags/tmp because I have already created tags/temp
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

Dirty 29 Jan 2010 (WB)
Win32
- all update changes by Fonzy Bluemers
http://www.dirtychess.com

RBrChess 2.20 (WB)
Win32
http://home.kpn.nl/rogerbroertjes/

RedQueen 0.2 (UCI)
4 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 164), no new build
- improved game phase evaluation scaling
- calibrate search parameteres
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News

WinBoard 4.4.2
install package is now available
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=50387

Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 15 days
Ares homepage down for 6 days
Betsy homepage down for 25 days
Colossus homepage down for 31 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 3 days
Jin GUI homepage down for 2 days
Typhoon homepage down for 9 days

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Requiem
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

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 occasionally crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

CDBurnerXP 4.2.7.1878
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software. Recommended
- probably a quick bugfix to yesterday's release
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage & download)
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 Update required if using WMA format
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=333325fd-ae52-4e35-b531-508d977d32a6
http://hem.bredband.net/download3/wmfdist.exe (Media format 9.0)

Digital Mars D Compiler 1.056 & 2.040 alpha
free Win32 compiler for an interesting language
version 1.056 is the 'latest', 2.040 is an *alpha* release
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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