Engine Updates
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Chess News

ChessGUI 0.207x (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- this is a bugfix for Swiss pairing, available only by direct link
http://biglion.110mb.com/ (homepage)
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/ (alt homepage)
http://www.hugedrive.com/published/WG/show.php?q=QklHTElPTg==-fa8bad8a (direct link)

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN database: GrandS - collection of games between players rated 2425+, 2007-present
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 17 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 139 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 5 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 3 days
Tony's Chess website is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked
NSVChess website is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added engine bug links to intro paragraph
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Links
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated comment about The Chess Portal
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added reference to Chess11.com in intro paragraph
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_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

Adblock Plus 1.0.25 for Chrome beta
free, open source Chrome plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- this is a *beta* release
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb

Drupal 7.0
open source PHP-based content management platform for websites
http://drupal.org/home
http://drupal.org/drupal-7.0 (announcement)
http://drupal.org/node/1015392 (release notes)

Geany 0.20
open source cross-platform programmer's editor & lightweight IDE for more than 40 languages
one of the few editors supporting the Vala/Genie language
- available as source only right now, not announced on main site right now
http://www.geany.org/ (homepage)
http://download.geany.org/ (download)

Git 1.7.3.5
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes/1.7.3.5.txt (release notes)

Secunia PSI 2.0
free; detects vulnerable and out-dated programs and plug-ins which expose your PC to attacks
- this is a silent update, the version number is unchanged
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/

Vala/Genie 0.11.3
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
this is the *developmental* branch (beta)
- available as source code only
- support BusName sender parameter in GDBus servers
- more refactoring in the code generator
- many bug fixes and binding updates
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-list@gnome.org/msg06349.html (announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vala/0.11/ (download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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