Engine Updates

ProDeo 1.72 (WB)
Win32
- tuning: estimated gain of 30 Elo based on self-play against 1.71
http://www.top-5000.nl/prodeo.htm

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.237 (WB/UCI)
chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
http://www.chessgui.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Sangga 1.0 (WB)
by Ferdinand Mosca; only plays chess variant SpartanChess
https://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/home

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 6 days
Damas homepage down for 45 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 135 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added new Jim Ablett link at top of page
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Sangga
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_list

Private Engine List
- added Rasbojnik
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list

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

BurnAware 4.1.1
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
- a quick bugfix for yesterday's silent update
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

CDBurnerXP 4.3.9.2783
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software for Win32/64; recommended
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
- be careful, you will want the version *without* the 'Open Candy' advertising
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage & download)

FrostWire 5.2.9
open source, Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

Git 1.7.7.3
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/ (homepage)

Groovy 1.8.4 & Groovy 2.0 Beta 1
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
- version 2.0 is a *beta* release
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)

ICQ 7.7
audio/video/text chat w/ connectivity to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc for desktop & mobile
http://www.icq.com/en

LibreOffice 3.4.4
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/ (download)

Macrium Reflect Free 5.0.4118
Windows32/64 disk imaging; free edition has full image backups/restores only and only for private use
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

System Explorer 3.6.0
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/

Meaning of Colors

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

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Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org