Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win builds
Arabian Knight 1.09 JA (WB)
Win32
- add command line switch 'xboard'
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Scorpio 2.5 cluster beta
C++ source; mp; own endgame bitbases
- source code only release for cluster testing
http://dshawul.googlepages.com/home

Chess News

Norm Pollack site
40H-EPD Utility Suite (5 of them)
- new Program for EPD Utility Suite: "epdFinish"
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
3 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 582)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Betsy homepage down for 97 days
Blitzter homepage down for 32 days
Brama homepage down for 24 days
Colossus homepage down for 103 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 75 days
Dika homepage down for 25 days
Gosu homepage down for 30 days
Nesik homepage down for 9 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 49 days
Amundsen homepage back up after being down for 12 days
NOTE: I am no longer tracking the Philemon homepage. The website is now unfriendly to simple page search.

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Wing
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

CDBurnerXP 4.3.0.2064
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software. Recommended
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 Update required if using WMA format
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage & download)

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.96.0.1
excellent open source antivirus scanner, does not include an on-access real-time scanner
http://www.clamwin.com/

Cobian Backup 10.0.2.695
free multithreaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

eMule 0.50a
open source file-sharing
http://www.emule-project.net/

Lunascape 6.1.1
free browser with all 3 major rendering enignes: IE (Trident)+Firefox (Gecko)+Chrome/Safari (Webkit)
preview web pages side-by-side using the 3 different rendering engines
http://www.lunascape.tv/

PC Tools Free Antivirus 6.1.0.25
free antivirus
http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/

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

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