Engine Updates

Pawny 0.3.1 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- added Gaviota tablebases support
- pawn structure evaluation revisited
- improved Knight and Bishop outposts evaluation
- several code cleanups and optimizations
- fixed bug in static exchange evaluation, related to discovery checks testing
- "I don't expect more than 15 Elo increase"
http://pawny.netii.net/

ProDeo 1.73 (WB/UCI)
Win32
estimated gain of about 30 Elo based on self-play against 1.72
- further evaluation tuning and search improvements
http://www.top-5000.nl/prodeo.htm

Sting 1.0 beta (UCI)
by Marek Kwiatkowski
Win32
- this is a Stockfish 1.8 derivative
http://www.free.of.pl/c/ccintorun/g/fancy.htm

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 21 days
Damas homepage down for 60 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 150 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 2 days (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

Komodo Edit 7.0.0 Beta 2
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

Parted Magic 2011_11_24
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

PHP 5.4.0 RC 2
PHP 5.3.9 RC 2
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
- both new versions are *release candidates*
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Speccy 1.14
free system information tool
http://www.piriform.com/speccy (Speccy homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/11/24/speccy-v114 (announcement)

Meaning of Colors

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

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