Engine Updates
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Chess News

Heretic 0.1 (WB)
Heretic 0.2 (WB)
C++ source; Win32
new engine by Martin Sedlak plays variant Capablanca chess (10x8) only
version 0.2 fixes/enhancements:
- fixed storing hash mate scores
- fixed LMR
- added razoring
- more aggressive futility pruning
- pawns on relative ranks 6 and 7 get some bonus
http://www.mediafire.com/?xui0aywj5b2cgmv (version 0.1)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hmf7x1fv83vbo4p (version 0.2)

OsxBoard (XBoard for Mac) announced
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52170

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 83 days
ChessAlex homepage is down for 36 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 212 days

Wiki Changes

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Crafty: corrected link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_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 4.5
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

CCleaner 3.15
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2012/1/25/ccleaner-v315 (announcement)

Ghostery 2.7.1 for Firefox
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; "See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

HDClone 4.1.3
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)

µTorrent 3.1 stable (build 26671)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=109914 (3.1 forum thread)

VMware Player 4.0.2
free open source, cross-platform virtual machine emulator
run multiple operating systems at the same time on your PC
- first time listed here
http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/4_0#product_downloads

Meaning of Colors

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

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