Engine Updates

Strelka 5 JA (WB/UCI)
Win32/64, Linux32/64; a Houdini/Critter/Rybka/Stockfish derivative
- new Jim Ablett compiles for Win32/64 & Linux32/64
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstrelkachess.narod.ru%2FStre...
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (alt download from SDChess)

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bubble homepage down for 6 days (this site is down more often than up)
Butterfly homepage down for 10 days
ChessMind homepage down for 4 days (no content)
Damas homepage down for 23 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 113 days
GreKo homepage down for 33 days (a 110mb.com site)
Ildtiadar homepage down for 26 days

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- updated: main page, participants, download, and ratings
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

CrystalDiskInfo 4.1.2
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Java 6, Update 29
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- new update to older version of Java (some people consider Java 7 a beta release)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Speccy 1.13
free system information tool
http://www.piriform.com/speccy (Speccy homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/10/18/speccy-v113 (announcement)

µTorrent 3.0 (32-bit) build 25806
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=98500 (3.0 forum thread)

VirtualBox 4.0.14
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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