Engine Updates

Tony Mokonen Windows builds
DCP 0.76 TM (WB)
by Daniel Anulliero (Yoda, JARS)
C source; Win32
- this engine was announce previously, but I did not realize it supported WB protocol
http://files.codes-sources.com/fichier.aspx?id=39744 (source code)
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/DCP.rar (direct link)

Matthew R Brades Mac PPC builds
DoubleCheck 2.5.4 MRB MacPPC (UCI)
C source; Mac PPC 32/64
- this is a build for older Macs with PPC cpus
http://www.thelumpit.net/DoubleCheck_254_Mac.zip (direct link)

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aristarch homepage down for 8 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Asterisk homepage down for 99 days
ChessAlex homepage is down for 52 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 228 days
Queen homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
RBrChess 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

BurnAware 4.6
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

Calibre 0.8.39
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Firefox 10.0.1
popular, free, open source browser; recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

PyPy 1.8 (Python)
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
"The ... average of all [PyPy] benchmarks is ... 5.2 times faster than CPython"
- performance improved roughly 10% on average since the previous release
- PyPy 1.8 implements Python 2.7.2
- new Win32 binary, Win64 binaries are *not* available
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)
http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2012/02/pypy-18-business-as-usual.html (announcement)

Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.1
free, open source Python IDE plugin supporting CPython and IronPython; NumPy & SciPy;
parallel & clustering support; debugging; profiling; more
http://pytools.codeplex.com/

SeaMonkey 2.7.1
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

µTorrent 3.1.2 stable (26740)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=112660 (3.1.2 forum thread)

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

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