Engine Updates
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Chess News

Chess Engines for Android
- added TJChess 1.01
- added Umko 1.2
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated: GrandS - PGN database
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Penguin 8.1
Penguin is a PGN viewer / reader / editor and GUI with a limited functionality UCI interface
"Penguin can interface with UCI engines and suggest best moves for game positions"
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dashstofsk/penguin.html

TJchess 1.01 (WB/UCI)
Win32; FRC; variants
- new Android builds
http://tonyjh.com/chess/tjchess/

NOTE: ExaChess 4.1 (commercial product) is temporarily withdrawn due to bugs

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 48 days
ChessAlex homepage is down today (site is hacked)
Damas homepage down for 87 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 177 days

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- ExaChess information updated
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- revised Patrick Buchmann section
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

Engine Download List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Asterisk entry revised to add UCI protocol
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Rival Chess for Android: revised links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_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

Adblock Plus 2.0.2 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

CCleaner 3.14
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2011/12/21/ccleaner-v314 (announcement)

HDClone 4.1.2b Free
Copy/Backup/Migrate/Rescue from one hard drive to another
- this is trade-up-ware, be sure to download the free version
http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone.html
http://www.miray.de/download/sat.hdclone.html (download)

Inno Setup 5.4.3
open source, free installer for Windows
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

MariaDB 5.3.3 RC 1
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra db engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
- radically improves performance for subqueries as well as for joins and single-table queries over large data sets
- this is a *release candidate*
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-533-release-notes (release notes)
http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.3/ (download)

Maxthon 3.3.2.1000
free IE-based web browser with many extra features and plugins
http://www.maxthon.com/

Miranda IM 0.9.39
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

SeaMonkey 2.6
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Thunderbird 9.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

Trillian 5.1.0.18
open source instant messaging program
http://www.trillian.im/

Meaning of Colors

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

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