Engine Updates

EnginMax 5.17 (UCI)
Win32/64
- I/O buffering and a promotion bug with ponder move fixed
- some display info corrected
- new book is generated
- improved search
http://sites.google.com/site/mychessengines/files

TheCrazyBishop
- new iOS version (for iPad/iPhone)
http://remi.coulom.free.fr/

Chess News

Chess for Android 3.0.1 (WB/UCI)
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android phone
- simple support for WB protocol implemented
- checkers and reversi programs also updated
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Butterfly homepage down for 4 days
Crafty (webkikr.com site) down for 2 days
Damas homepage down for 17 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 107 days
GreKo homepage down for 27 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 20 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

ActivePerl Community Edition
free cross-platform Perl distribution including the most popular Perl libraries
- Perl 5.14.2
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads

CCleaner for Mac Beta 5
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/10/11/ccleaner-for-mac-beta-5 (announcement)

Dart
Google's new web programming language
http://www.dartlang.org/docs/technical-overview/index.html

Explorer++ 1.3.2
open source multi-tab file manager for Windows32/64 using familiar Windows Explorer interface
http://www.explorerplusplus.com/ (homepage)
http://www.explorerplusplus.com/download (download)

Git 1.7.7
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/ (homepage)

Groovy 1.8.3 & Groovy 1.9 Beta 4
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
- version 1.9 is a *beta* release
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)

HWINFO32/HWINFO64 3.88-1400
free system hardware information tool, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)

KeePass Password Safe Classic Edition 1.21
open source password manager; manage your passwords securely
Classic Edition has fewer features but is adequate; does not require .NET framework
http://keepass.info/
http://keepass.info/compare.html (compare Classic vs Professional)

Maxthon 3.2.0.800 Beta
free IE-based web browser with many extra features and plugins
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.maxthon.com/

Notepad++ 5.9.4
open source programmer's editor; recommended
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

RAMDisk 3.5.130 RC 20
free; stores frequently-acessed files into RAM for faster access
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ramdisk/

Sandboxie 3.60
free utility (nagware) or nag-free shareware: run/install programs in a safe sandbox
that cannot affect your Windows stability/security
http://www.sandboxie.com/

Secunia PSI 2.0.0.4002
free; detects vulnerable and out-dated programs and plug-ins which expose your PC to attacks
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/

TortoiseSVN 1.7.0
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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