NOTE: Half the Internet was down last night and made it impossible for me to gather the update info; probably some major name servers were under attack

Engine Updates

Arasan 14.1 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; own GUI, mp; Win32/64, Linux, Mac, Android; uses Gaviota ebtbs
- fix (again) UCI promotion move formatting bug
- fix Winboard "memory" command
- support added for MingW environment (use Linux Makefile for this)
- q-search selectively generates only moves that will likely reach futility threshold
- fix icc Makefile (on Windows)
- fix bug in PV display in Windows GUI
http://www.arasanchess.org/

Bearded Neural 44.5 (WB)
Win32/64; book learning
http://brodacz100.republika.pl/download.html

Bismark 1.2 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32
- first release with source code
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)

CmcChess 2.27 (UCI)
new chess engine by Ma Chao
Win32, mp
http://people.oregonstate.edu/~machao/Cmcchess_site/index.html

Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
Fruitfly r1 TM (UCI)
C++ source; Win32; requires cygwin1.dll (included); Fruit 2.1 derivative
- new Visual C++ 2010 build
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/FruitflyVC2010.rar (direct link)

Fruitfly r1 (UCI)
C++ source; Mac; requires cygwin1.dll (included); Fruit 2.1 derivative
- new Mac build by unknown builder
http://www.thelumpit.net/fruitfly.zip (direct link)

Jabba 13032012 (WB/UCI)
C# source; Win32; requires .NET runtime
http://www.bluefever.net/enginepage.html

RedQueen 1.1.0 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64, Linux32/64; uses pthreads library
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess/

Chess News

ChessZone Magazine
free monthly chess magazine of annotated GM games
- #03, 2012
http://www.chesszone.org/magazine/magazine.html

NOTE: new Winboard 4.6 beta link
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.6beta.zip

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 261 days
NOTE: Michel Van den Bergh has a new homepage
http://hardy.uhasselt.be/Toga/

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
update by Gerhard
- updated pages: Face, Participants, Ratings, Download, How It Works, Edition 8, 9 and 10
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- UCI Chess Trainer: moved to Discontinued / Faulty/ Incomplete section
- WinBoard / XBoard: added another link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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

Audacity 2.0.0
popular cross-platform, open source sound editor/recorder
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Bazaar 2.5.0
free, easy-to-use open source distributed version control system
http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/

BitComet 1.32
free peer-to-peer file-sharing for Windows32/64; compatible with BitTorrent
http://www.bitcomet.com/

Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 17.5
Windows only; free; based on Google's Chrome browser, with improved security and privacy
stops cookies, no web spies, prevents browser download tracking, etc
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php

Django 1.4 RC 2
high-level, rapid development Python-based web framework
- this is a *release candidate*
https://www.djangoproject.com/

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.8.1
free registry cleaner; clean and repair incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm

Firefox 11.0
popular, free, open source browser; recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

Ext JS 4.1 RC 1
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.sencha.com/ (homepage)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/ (info)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/download/ (download)

GCC 4.4.7
open source Gnu C/C++ Compiler for Linux
includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages
- this is an update to an older version
http://gcc.gnu.org/

Git 1.7.9.4
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

GPartEd Live 0.12.0-5
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

IronPython 2.7.2.1
free, open source Python for .NET/Mono; use Visual Studio or MonoDevelop for easy development
Windows: requires .NET 4.0 or Silverlight 4; Linux: requires Mono 2.10.1 / MoonLight
- this release fixes a major issue with method lookups; upgrading is strongly recommended
http://ironpython.net/ (homepage)
http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/74478 (announcement)

Pidgin 2.10.2
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (download)

SeaMonkey 2.8
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Thunderbird 11.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

ToDoList 6.4
free todo list / calendar program with nestable todos, recurring reminders, Gantt charts, etc
http://www.abstractspoon.com/

VirtualBox 4.1.10
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
- this is an update to an older version, latest version is 4.1.8
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Waterfox 11.0 (64-bit Browser)
64-bit version of Firefox browser
http://waterfoxproject.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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