Engine Updates

Luzhin ??? (WB)
Java source; Win32; last version was buggy
- download file is new; this might be a new zipfile containing the old version
http://code.google.com/p/luzhin/downloads/list

Chess News

Winglet tutorial
A step-by-step guide for writing and improving your own bitboard chess engine by Stef Luijten
- Stef continues writing his C++ tutorial
http://www.sluijten.com/winglet/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 67 days (404: page not found)
Bubble homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
ChessMind homepage down today (500: exception error)
Delphil homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 300 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Houdini homepage down today ("Website Currently Unavailable")
Superchessengine homepage down for 3 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)

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

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.97.1
excellent open source antivirus scanner, does not include an on-access real-time scanner
http://www.clamwin.com/

Ext JS 4.0.2a GPL
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
http://www.sencha.com/ (homepage)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/ (info)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/download/ (download)

Game Booster 2.4.1
free; increases performance by temporarily shutting down background processes
and maximizing available RAM; Recommended!
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html (homepage)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d5952.html (download)

MariaDB 5.2.7
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra db engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-527-release-notes (release notes)

Meaning of Colors

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

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