Engine Updates

Ifrit m1.2 (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32/64, Linux 32/64
- fixed error initializing magic-bitboards in some situations
- optimized for search speed
- declined from classes
- adjusted estimate
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fandchess2006.narod.ru%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ru&tl=en

Chess News

Chess Wizard Chess GUI 1.02 (UCI)
new GUI based on the source code of XiangQi Wizard
"play, study, edit and publish games"
http://www.chess-wizard.com/

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN programs: eloList, pctList, resultTable - improved execution speed
- updated EPD programs: epdList, epdOrder - improved execution speed
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bubble homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 87 days
GreKo homepage down for 7 days (a 110mb.com site)
Matacz homepage down for 55 days (a 110mb.com site)
Pyotr homepage down for 9 days

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

Git 1.7.6.3
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/ (homepage)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes/1.7.6.3.txt (release notes)

MariaDB 5.2.9
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/en/mariadb-529-release-notes (release notes)
http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.2.9/ (download)

System Explorer 3.2.1
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/

Vuze 4.7.0.0
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

Meaning of Colors

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

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