Engine Updates

FireBird 1.2 (UCI)
mp; Win32/64 for all cpus; this is an Ippolit derivative but source code is missing
- new, untested SMP code
- more UCI commands added
http://www.cyclonechess.com/firebird.htm

Neurone I (WB)
Win32; requires .NET 3.5 or better
- silent update, download it again!
http://www.mrlissandrello.com/index.php?option=com_filecabinet&view=files&id=6

Chess News

Jim Ablett Win builds
Little chess evaluation compendium
by Ludmil Tsvetkov
- scroll down to 'Other Chess Tools And Utilities'
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
Jim Ablett logos
also in 'Other Chess Tools And Utilities' section
- added: Butterfly, Carballo, Red Queen Chess, Komodo, Daydreamer, Poor Little Pinkus &
Magnum Chess plus Chessmaster Personality logos
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Down/Problem chess websites
Ares homepage down for 40 days
BabyChess homepage down for 21 days
Betsy homepage down for 58 days
BSC homepage down today
Colossus homepage down for 64 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 36 days
Frank-Walter homepage down for 5 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 11 days
Belofte homepage back up

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

KeePass 2.10
open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
http://keepass.info/

Notepad++ 5.6.8
open source programmer's editor. Recommended!
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/files/ (download)

Visual Studio 2010, RC 4
Microsoft's bleeding-edge IDE & compiler for programmers
this is *release candidate* software
- second Intellisense patch to prevent crashing
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd582936.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/02/15/patch-for-vs-2010-rc-intellisense-crash-issue-now-available.aspx

Meaning of Colors

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

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