Engine Updates
No updates today

NOTE: Go program and Othello/Reversi program by Rémi Coulom (The Crazy Bishop)
http://remi.coulom.free.fr/ (website)

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
Free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- # 12, 2010
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

ChessMaude 1.30 (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI; play against included 1600-1700 Elo native engine (Tyrell) or any WB/UCI engine
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/

STS Stat 3.2
utility by Philippe Gailhac for calculating engine analysis scores using STS & Arena
- now works with Arena 2.5
http://sites.google.com/site/strategictestsuite/sts-stat
http://sites.google.com/site/strategictestsuite/sts-stat/STSStat3.2.zip

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akiba homepage down for 6 days (404 error)
ChessAlex homepage down for 18 days (404 error)
ChessMind homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 119 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
NSVChess homepage down for 75 days (403 error: forbidden)
Holger Schluckebier Mac builds homepage down for 55 days (internal server error)
Sjakk homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added ChessD chess server software
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_list

Software For Solving Chess Problems / Puzzles / Endgame Studies
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added MaterUCI
- removed Web-query for Nalimov Endgame Tablebases (6 pieces) [belongs on egtb list]
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_chess_problems

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 1188)
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)

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

FeedDemon 4.0.0.22
free desktop RSS reader/manager for Windows
http://www.feeddemon.com/

Git 1.7.3.4
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes/1.7.3.4.txt (release notes)

Groovy++ 0.4.101
open source jvm language; it appears to be a superset of the Java language
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

ID3 Renamer 4.0.12
ree utility to rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/

IrfanView 4.28
free image viewer/scanner/printer/converter for Windows with some paint/editing options & many plugins
http://www.irfanview.com/

Opera 11.00
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PHP 5.2.16
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language for web applications
- this is a *stable* (older version) release
http://php.net/ (homepage)

PostgreSQL 9.0.2
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1270 (news)
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-2.html (changes)

Process Hacker 2.9
open source; examine/manipulate running processes/services
http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/

RJ TextEd 7.03
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)

System Explorer 2.5.0
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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