Engine Updates

Sjaak r352 (WB)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64; variants
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-index.html

Tornado 4.86 (UCI)
FRC; multi-pv; mp, Win32/64; limit strength
- a bug with aspiration window search found and corrected, minor speed up in eval function
http://sites.google.com/site/mychessengines/

Chess News

Lantern Chess 4.59 (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)

Tadyak 1.0 (WB)
new variant engine by Ferdinand Mosca; plays Knightmare only
https://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/downloads-1

TJshogi 0.10 (WB/USI)
variant engine; plays Shogi only
http://tonyjh.com/chess/tjchess/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 16 days
Damas homepage down for 55 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 145 days
EXchess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)

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

Data Crow 3.9.10
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

Git 1.7.7.4
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/ (homepage)

Puppy Linux 'Wary Puppy 5.2.2'
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
Puppy is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution for Windows users. Recommended.
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
- "Wary Puppy is intended to be our on-going commitment to older hardware."
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news & download)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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