Engine Updates

Butterfly 0.0.3 (WB)
C++ source, no build
http://sites.google.com/site/butterflychess/

Protector 1.3.2 (UCI)
3 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 232), no new build
- search & eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Chess News
None found

Down/Problem chess websites
Ares homepage down for 41 days
BabyChess homepage down for 22 days
Betsy homepage down for 59 days
Colossus homepage down for 65 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 37 days
Lokasoft site down today
Frank-Walter homepage down for 6 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 12 days
BSC homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Spike
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

MyDefrag 4.2.9
free disk defragmentation program
http://www.mydefrag.com/

RJ TextEd 6.10 beta 1
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
this is a *beta* release
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)

System Explorer 2.1.1
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; performance graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/

Task Coach 0.78.4
open source todo manager
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Visual Studio 2010, RC 4
Microsoft's bleeding-edge IDE & compiler for programmers
this is *release candidate* software
- new patch available
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

Wise Registry Cleaner 4 Free 5.11
free registry cleaner. Cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

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

I forgot to post this information!

Chess Engines
*Butterfly 0.0.4: http://sites.google.com/site/butterflychess/download-2
Protector: http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (source change only)

Chess News
*Kvetka 3.5.1: http://kvetka.org/en/

Down Websites
-Lokasoft Products down: http://www.lokasoft.nl/
-Kenny Dail (Mac) down: http://www.sillygreenmonkey.com/chess/
-Ares down: http://www.thorstenczub.de/ares.html
-BabyChess down: http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/%7Ekunegis/babychess/
-Betsy down: http://userfs.cec.wustl.edu/%7Elwr1/
-Colossus down: http://www.colossus.demon.co.uk/chess/colossuschessuci.htm
-Sinobyl 1.5 down: http://www.oldre.com/chess/sinobyl/

Bonus Notifications
*Wise Registry Cleaner 4 Free 5.12: http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html