Engine Updates

Atlas 3.14 (UCI)
Win32/64; mp(2 cpus max)
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&a...

BagaturChess 1.0 (UCI)
new engine by Krasimir Topchiyski
Java source
"Edit the BagaturEngine.bat so that the full path to java.exe is valid (or just ensure that the java.exe is added to the path variable)"
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bagaturchess/files/

Critter 1.2 (UCI)
mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64; Mac
- new Mac build
http://www.vlasak.biz/critter/

Dorky 4.2 (WB)
Win32/64; mp
- bugfix: actually uses 2 cores when requested to do so
http://home.insightbb.com/~mmcknight/

Fire 2.1 xTreme (UCI)
C source; Win32/64; Ippolit derivative
- MultiPV has now been fixed
http://users.telenet.be/chesslogik//fire.htm

Dann Corbit Win64 builds
- Fire 2.1 xTreme DC (UCI) for Win64
downloads do *not* work at the moment, Dann Corbit site is down: maybe tomorrow?
http://dcorbit.corporate.connx.com/Fire_21_xTreme_source/fire.exe (exe only)
http://dcorbit.corporate.connx.com/Fire_21_xTreme_source/Fire_21_xTreme_source.7z

Nebiyu 1.41 (WB)
Win32; supports chess variants; programs for Checkers, Go, Reversi & Amazons too; extra games require Winboard 4.5 or better
http://dshawul.googlepages.com/home

Neurone VII (WB)
Win32 only; requires .NET 3.5 or later
http://www.lissandrello.it/?p=524#

Chess News

Lantern Chess 3.95 (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI by Mike Adams supporting WB & UCI for ICC online play/chat for Linux, Windows and Mac
http://www.lanternchess.com/ (homepage)
http://www.adammr.com/lanternhelp/lantern-help.html (help)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 79 days (404: page not found)
Dann Corbit homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 312 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Superchessengine homepage down for 15 days (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
Bestia homepage back up
Lyapko Utilities homepage back up
Tony's Chess 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

BitComet 1.28
free peer-to-peer file-sharing for Windows; compatible with BitTorrent
- builds are now for Win32 or Win64 (Win64 support is new)
http://www.bitcomet.com/

CCleaner 3.08
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
http://www.ccleaner.com/
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/6/27/ccleaner-v308 (announcement)

Opera 11.50
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

VirtualBox 4.0.10
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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