Engine Updates

Note: Stockfish 1.9 official opening book by Salvo Spitaleri released
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Frenzee homepage down for 48 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 32 days (misconfigured)
NSVChess homepage down for 2 days
Amyan homepage back up
ElTurco homepage back up

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today

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

7-Zip 9.17 beta
open source file archiver with very good compression. Recommended.
this is a *beta* release
http://www.7-zip.org

Vala/Genie 0.11.0
the Vala language resembles C# and the Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
- use byte indices for strings
- use uint8[] for binary data in bindings
- add support for parallel compilation
- improve compiler performance
- more refactoring in the code generator
- many bug fixes and binding updates
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-list@gnome.org/msg05919.html (announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info + download)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Wise Registry Cleaner Free 5.72
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

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