Engine Updates

Arasan 13.3 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; own GUI, mp; Win32/64, Linux, Mac
- in Winboard mode, Arasan still accepts but does not rely on the deprecated "white" and "black" commands to keep track of the computer's side of the game
- Winboard "level" command accepts time of form mm:ss and allows decimal times
- more general code for trapped bishop
- static null pruning is implemented
- dynamic null reduction based on score (aka "smooth scaling")
- changes to razor & futility margins and related code
- fixes to history pruning. History table is global now, not per-thread
http://www.arasanchess.org/

pChess 1.9.2 (UCI)
by John Roland Penner
FutureBasic source; own GUI; FRC; Mac32/64 only, no Windows or Linux builds
- engine portion is named 'peaBrain'
http://www.chess.com/download/view/pchess-19-uci (download)
http://home.earthlink.net/~johnrpenner/index-creative.html (homepage + download)

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new EPD program: epdBalance - extracts balanced and imbalanced positions
- updated program: bmOpcode - now compatible to version 3.0 of Arena
- updated programs: epdList, epdSort, epdInsert, epdOrder, epdSingle - increased max input file size to 1,000,000 lines
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Scid On The Go 1.18 for Android
Scid database browser ported to the Android by Gerhard Kalab
http://code.google.com/p/scidonthego/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 11 days
Crafty (webkikr.com page) down today
Damas homepage down for 50 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 140 days
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)

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

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.3.0.2
free, extremely fast and effective disk defragmentation & optimization program; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Defraggler 2.08
free file/directory/drive defragmenter with scheduling & other options
http://www.piriform.com/defraggler
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/11/14/defraggler-v208 (announcement)

GNUplot 4.4.4
open source, cross platform, command-line driven, 2D/3D graphing/plotting
http://www.gnuplot.info/ (homepage)
http://www.gnuplot.info/announce.4.4.4 (announcement)

Meaning of Colors

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

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