Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Beaches 2.32b JA (WB)
Win32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

JaksaH 1.04 (WB)
Win32/64
http://sites.google.com/site/jaksahchess/

Kurt 0.9.2 beta update(WB/UCI)
C source; FRC; Win32/64
- update that fixes the time loss bug and another howler discovered recently
http://home.arcor.de/steve-o13/kurt/kurt_0_9_2_beta_update.zip

Dann Corbit Win builds
Kurt 0.9.2 beta update DC (WB/UCI)
C source; FRC; Win32/64
- beta update version + has "a few minor tweaks" added
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/kurt_0_9_2_beta.7z (direct link)

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.203 (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Frenzee homepage down for 63 days (permissions problem)
NSVChess homepage down for 17 days (403 error: forbidden)

Wiki Changes

Chess GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- expanded comment for Chess Assistant
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Private Engine List
- added Scaramanaga
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_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

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011 (build 1144)
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)

Defraggler 2.0 beta
free file/directory defragmenter
"This new release pushes the capabilities of Defraggler far beyond any other free defragmentation tool,
by offering complete offline defrag during the boot process with full OS support."
"We're confident it's bug free, but please only use it on test systems until we release the final build."
this is a *beta release*
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2010/10/19/defraggler-v20-beta (announcement)
http://download.piriform.com/dfsetup200.exe (direct link)

FBackup 4.5.229
free, simple backup program
http://www.fbackup.com/

Firefox 3.6.11
open source browser. Recommended!
- fixed several security issues
- fixed several stability issues
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Ghostery 2.4 for Firefox
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; "See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
- only the FireFox version is updated
http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9609/
http://www.ghostery.com/download

HWiNFO32 3.61-99
free system hardware information tool, system health monitoring and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download)

ID3 Renamer 4.0.11
free utility to rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/

OpenOffice 3.3.0 RC 1
open source word processing, database, spreadsheet, chart, math formula editor, etc
this is a *release candidate*
http://download.openoffice.org/ (homepage)
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Feature_Freeze_Testing_3.3 (new features)
http://download.openoffice.org/all_beta.html (info & download)

RIOT 0.4.4
free image optimizer for gif, jpg, and png (smallest size w/ least loss of quality)
http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/

Thunderbird 3.1.5
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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