Engine Updates

Note: Vitruvius, an IvanHoe derivative, has gone commercial
http://www.vitruviuschess.com/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

ChessAlex homepage is down for 58 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 234 days

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

AIMP 3.00, build 981
free audio player with audio converter, recorder, and tag editor; Internet radio & more
http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?do=lang&lng=en

Avira AntiVir Personal 12.0.0.898 Free
free; highly-rated antivirus product (nagware); recommended
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

MariaDB 5.3.4 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
- 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-534-release-notes (release notes)
http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.3.4 (download)

Maxthon 3.3.4.4000
free IE-based web browser with many extra features and plugins
http://www.maxthon.com/

Miranda IM 0.9.44
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

Orwell Dev-C++ 5.1.1.0
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE
- fully supports 64bit MinGW compilers
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/

UltraVNC 1.0.9.6.2
open source, cross-platform remote desktop; can view/control Win, Linux, or Mac
http://www.uvnc.com/ (homepage)
http://www.uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc.html (download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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