Engine Updates

Ziggurat 0.15 (UCI)
requires Win64 with a SSE4 CPU (fast popcount type) to run
- some bug fixes: timing and threads
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze16nq0r/index.html

News about Houdini 2.0
http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini_news.htm

Chess News

Lantern Chess 4.17 (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

Anaconda/Gromit homepage down for 9 days
Armageddon homepage down for 9 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 23 days (broken computer!)
Superchessengine homepage down for 37 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

ActivePython Community Edition 3.2.1.2
free cross-platform Python distribution including the most popular Python libraries
http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads

µTorrent 3.0 (32-bit) build 25460
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=98500 (3.0 forum thread)

VirtualBox 4.1
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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