Engine Updates

Alex 2.14a (WB/UCI)
Win32/64; uses Scorpio bitbases
- bugs fixed in the search
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/

Arabian Knight 1.40 (WB)
Java source; own GUI;mp
- 1.39 pondering was added, but not in GUI yet - it is big change that's why significant increment in version number
- 1.39 removed wrong value displayed at "tableinfo" command
- 1.39 some changes in time managment
- 1.40 faster mate search
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/ArabianKnight.html (Leo page)

Dirty 25AUG2011 (WB)
Win32/64, Linux64
- Linux64 build added to download package, no change to Windows builds
http://www.dirtychess.com/

Houdini 2 (UCI)
commercial; Win32/64, mp; multiPV; FRC, limit strength
"about 25 Elo stronger than its predecessor"
pro version (extra money) "is about 40 Elo stronger"
- engine is no longer free
- improved analysis capabilities
- position learning
- limit strength
- FRC (Chess960)
- enhanced search and evaluation
http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm

Chess News

ChestUCI-DB
database of mate problems
- updated: now with 6450 mate problems
http://fhub.110mb.com/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Armageddon homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Bubble homepage down today (down again)
Crafty (webkikr) homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 67 days (broken computer!)
Matacz homepage down for 35 days (a 110mb.com site)
Mizar homepage down for 4 days ("domain has expired")

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

Akka 1.2 RC 6
open source library for Scala or Java languages gives developers a simpler programming model
to develop highly reliable asynchronous, non-blocking applications for concurrent or parallel
operation using Actors, STM & Transactors; multi-core scalable and fault-tolerant
- this is a *release candidate*
http://akka.io/ (homepage)

Calibre 0.8.17
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/

Process Hacker 2.21
open source; examine & manipulate running Windows processes & services
http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/

System Explorer 3.0.8
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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