Engine Updates

Jazz r501 (WB)
C source; Win32/64; Linux32/64, Mac32/64
- yesterday's release was source code only, binaries are released today
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Jazz r501 JA (WB/UCI)
C source; Win32/64; Linux32/64, Android
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/jazz-501-ja.zip (direct link)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Zeta Dva 0.200 JA (WB)
C source; own GUI; Win32/64, Linux32/64; supports Polyglot books
http://jim-ablett.co.de/

Source Code Only Engine

Stockfish beta (UCI)
- C++ source code Git repository (most current master branch)
https://github.com/mcostalba/Stockfish
https://github.com/mcostalba/Stockfish/tarball/master (zipfile of code)

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.235 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- silent update
- bugfix concerning TLCV and UCI engine config
http://www.chessgui.com/chess/ChessGUI.zip (direct link)

Lantern Chess 4.50 (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

Akiba homepage / Polish engine site down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Bubble homepage down for 8 days (this site is down more often than up)
Damas homepage down for 8 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 98 days
GreKo homepage down for 18 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 11 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

Aptana Studio 3.0.5 RC 1
web software development in an IDE supporting HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Ruby, Rails, PHP and Python
w/ code assist, built-in debugging, Git intergration, built-in ftp and more
- this is an optional *release candidate* update
http://www.aptana.com/

Macrium Reflect Free 5.0.4033
Windows32/64 disk imaging; free edition has full image backups/restores only and only for private use
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

NetBeans IDE 7.1 Beta
open source cross-platform IDE for many programming languages; many, but not all, are Java-based
(includes Java, C/C++, PHP, JavaFX, JavaScript, etc.)
supports normal syntax highlighting, code completion, namespace completion, etc.
all languages have debuggers, profilers and unit testing plus support for collaborative programming
- this is an optional *beta* release
http://netbeans.org/ (homepage)
http://netbeans.org/community/releases/71/ (new features info)

System Explorer 3.2.2
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/

Task Coach 1.2.29
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.org/

VirtualBox 4.1.4
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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