Engine Updates

Bubble 1.5 (WB/UCI)
Win32
- added terms in eval for mobility, king safety and pawn structure
- removed a bug in search that was causing some segfaults
- added internal iterative deepening, seems to help slightly, and other search ideas
- added rudimentary analysis support for the xboard protocol, but doesn't work in Arena as it'll keep sending . commands. (arena also doesn't accept nps reports in UCI, which is why I also left them out).
http://stuffr.net/d/7317123 (download only)
http://bubblechess.awardspace.co.uk/ (old homepage seems dead)

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.209 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- fixes minor bug concerning underpromotion at 50th move of 50-move rule
- fixes a swiss pairing bug
- better html output
- adds a new Time Control
- new opening book with 80,000 positions by Adam H. ( CCRL )
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

ChestUCI-DB
database of mate problems
- updated: now 6440 mate problems
http://fhub.110mb.com/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 33 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bubble homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 10 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 155 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 8 days
Sorgenkind homepage down for 21 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 19 days

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 0.7.42
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/

Miranda IM 0.9.15
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

OpenOffice 3.3.0 RC 10
open source word processing, database, spreadsheet, chart, math formula editor, etc
it seems that Oracle will attempt to change this program into a commercial product
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)

Vala/Genie 0.11.5
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)
- add last_index_of and last_index_of_char to string class
- more refactoring in the code generator (Luca Bruno)
- improvements to the .gir writer (Michal Hruby)
- many bug fixes and binding updates
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-list@gnome.org/msg06464.html (announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)
http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.11/ (compiler source code)

Vala/Genie software for Windows
Windows builds of software for the Vala/Genie language
- Vala/Genie compiler 'vala 0.11.4' is updated: this is the previous 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)

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.