Engine Updates

ArabianKnight 1.0.9(WB)
Java source; own GUI; Win32
no change to program
- updated ArabianKnight.txt file (the ReadMe file)
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/ArabianKnight.html

ChessBin 0.0.6.8 (WB)
Win32; requires .NET 2.0 or later; own GUI
this is a silent update
http://www.chessbin.com/page/Download-Chess-Bin-Chess-Game.aspx

Protector 1.3.4 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 257), no new build
- movegen & eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

StockFish 1.7 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64
this time there is no Mac64 build
- official opening book updated
http://www.stockfishchess.com/ (homepage)
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html (Jim Ablett)

Chess News
Nothing new found

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Amundsen homepage down for 9 days
Betsy homepage down for 93 days
Blitzter homepage down for 28 days
Brama homepage down for 20 days
Colossus homepage down for 99 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 71 days
Dika homepage down for 21 days
Gosu homepage down for 26 days
Nesik homepage down for 5 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 45 days
Sjakk homepage down today
Pyotr homepage back up
Igor Gorelikov Tools site back up

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- Gerhard has updated the main page
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Chess Engine List
- added Viper
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 crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

Digital Mars D Compiler 1.058 & 2.043
free Win32 compiler for an interesting language
version 1.058 is the latest stable release; 2.043 is an *alpha* release
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

HeliosPaint 1.4.3
free cross-platform paint / photo editor program
http://www.heliospaint.com/

RJ TextEd 6.20
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)

µTorrent 2.0.1 RC 1 (build 18973)
open source BitTorrent client
this is a *release candidate*
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=72352

Vuze 4.4.0.0
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

NOTE: Visual Studio 2010 will be released April 12

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