Engine Updates

Kurt 0.9.2 beta (WB/UCI)
C source; Win32/64
- all UCI commands implemented, i.e. even all restrictions (nodes, time, searchmoves ...)
- native WinBoard support in addition to UCI (might still have the occasional issue, as I was completely new to WinBoard
- a lot of bugfixes
- source code put under GPL
http://home.arcor.de/steve-o13/kurt/kurt_0_9_2_beta.zip

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 370), no new build
- eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Thor's Hammer 2.29 JA (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64
- time management improved
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Chess News

Javascript program
- program is updated; new version is 1251 bytes w/ castling & ep
http://nanochess.110mb.com

Scid vs. PC 4.1 (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aristarch homepage down today (this site is often down)
ChessMind homepage down for 3 days (server has internal error)
Frenzee homepage down for 55 days (permissions problem)
NSVChess homepage down for 9 days (403 error: forbidden)
BremboCE homepage back up
Smash homepage back up

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- lots of updates for latest results including new ratings
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

AVG Anti-Virus Free 2011 (build 1136)
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free (homepage)
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh (download)

Ext JS 3.3.0 Public Release
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
http://www.extjs.com/
http://www.sencha.com/

Fresh HTML 3.55
free html editor
http://www.freshwebmaster.com/index.html

Notepad++ 5.8.2
open source programmer's editor. Recommended!
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

VirtualBox 3.2.10
open source general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)
You can be the guy with all the operating systems! (screenshot)
http://www.virtualbox.org/attachment/wiki/Screenshots/snapshot-details.png

Wireshark 1.4.1
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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