Engine Updates

Booot 5.1.0 (UCI)
Pascal source (Russian language comments); Win32; older version supports WB
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Booot.html (Leo Dijksman)
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SD Chess)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Ifrit j3.9 JA (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32/64, Linux 32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Obender 3.24 JA (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- this is a JA time control bugfix to an older version (newest version is shareware)
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akiba homepage down for 3 days (404 error)
ChessAlex homepage down for 15 days (404 error)
Frenzee homepage down for 116 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
MFChess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
NSVChess homepage down for 72 days (403 error: forbidden)
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 52 days (internal server error)
Sjakk homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
NOTE: Prophet site is permanently down; it will no longer be tracked

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

ActivePerl Community Edition 5.12.2.1203
free cross-platform Perl distribution package; Perl is a powerful scripting language
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.1.10.165
free and extremely fast disk defragmentation & optimization program. Recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 2.0.6.55
free Windows registry optimizer
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

Groovy++ 0.4.99
this is an extension to the standard Groovy jvm language; it supports better runtime efficiency using static typing
http://code.google.com/p/groovypptest/downloads/list

CrystalDiskInfo 3.9.4
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Miranda IM 0.9.13
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

PeaZip 3.5.1
open source file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP
- extract 126 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)

Stickies 7.1a
free reminder program using 'sticky' (persistent) yellow desktop windows. Recommended.
http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/

NOTE: jEdit has reverted its stable version from 4.4 back to 4.3.2, most likely due to major bugs

Meaning of Colors

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

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