Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Chess176 JA (WB)
'new' engine (from a long, long time ago) by Andrei Fortuna; predecessor to Freyr
C++ source; Win32
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=411300&t=39467 (announcement)
http://www.reocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/3716/Chess176.zip (original source)
http://cl.ly/7uBo/chess176-win32-ja.zip (direct link)

Umko 1.2 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64, Android; supports Gaviota tablebases; Fruit derivative
http://sourceforge.net/projects/umko/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 76 days (404: page not found)
Bubble homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 309 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Superchessengine homepage down for 12 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)

Wiki Changes

Myrddin
- update to results from the following testsuites: WAC, STS, O'Kelly, EEG, & IQ
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:myrddin:index

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 0.8.7
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/

CPU-Z 1.58
free utility to detect all PC hardware & system components
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Pidgin 2.9.0
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (download)

SQLite 3.7.7
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "a regularly scheduled bi-monthly maintenance release"
- adds support for naming database files using URI filenames
- virtual table interface has been enhanced
- FTS4 full-text index extension has been enhanced
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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