Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

Michel Van den Bergh builds
Toga 1.4.1SE for Android (UCI)
http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/toga2-android (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 19 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Amyan homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 141 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 7 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 5 days
Matacz homepage back up

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

Calibre 0.7.38
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Data Crow 3.9.2
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

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
- Windows build is now available
http://www.geany.org/ (homepage)
http://www.geany.org/Main/20110106 (announcement)
http://download.geany.org/ (download)

Puppy Linux - Lucid Puppy 5.2
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
Lucid is a Ubuntu-compatible version & can download from vast Ubuntu repositories
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
Puppy is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution for Windows users. Recommended.
You don't necessarily use the latest version, you use the version with the software you want
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/puppy-5.2/release-Lucid-520.htm (announcement)
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/puppy-5.2/lupu-520.iso (direct download)
http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/puppylinux/puppy-5.2/lupu-520.iso (direct download)
http://www.diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/lupu-520.iso (direct download)
http://puppylinux.org/ (homepage)
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=63251 (Lucid forum)

System Explorer 2.6.3
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/

Vala/Genie software for Windows
Windows builds of software for the Vala/Genie language
- Vala/Genie compiler 'vala 0.11.3' is updated: this is the latest developmental version (beta)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala language page)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie language page)
http://code.google.com/p/vala-win32/downloads/list (download)

Wise Registry Cleaner Free 5.91
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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