Engine Updates

Gaviota 0.84 (WB/UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android; mp; own egtbs; separate egtb integrity check & compression programs
"it is expected to be stronger by ~70 Elo"
http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ (homepage)
http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/Home/change-log (changelog)

Chess News

Engines for Android
Aart Bik's free chess engines for the Android phone; the engines can be used with Aart's free Chess for Android GUI
Chess for Android now seems to support WB protocol!
- added FairyMax 4.8Q (WB)
- added micro-Max 4.8 (WB)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html

Kvetka 3.11 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
- plugin "Analysis" updated
http://kvetka.org/en/

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- bugfixed EPD programs: epdSort, epdDifference
- removed EPD program: repeatLines
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bubble homepage down for 2 days (this site is down more often than up)
Damas homepage down for 2 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 92 days
GreKo homepage down for 12 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 5 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

AntiVir Personal 10.2.0.703 Free
free; highly-rated antivirus product (nagware); recommended
http://www.free-av.com/en/products/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html

Firefox 7.0
popular, free, open source browser; recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

Perl 5.14.2
popular open source scripting language
http://www.perl.org/

SeaMonkey 2.4
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Thunderbird 7.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/7.0/releasenotes/ (release notes)

Meaning of Colors

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

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