Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
GreKo 9.3 JA (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
- first time for Android build
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Magdalena Chess Engine (UCI)
new engine by Peter Garscha: source code only, no builds
Java source
http://sourceforge.net/projects/magdalenachess/ (project page)

Chess News

XBoard Alpha News
new and experimental features for the next release by HG Muller
- new section: "The large Shogi variants"
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akiba homepage down for 6 days
Chad's Chess homepage down for 45 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 352 days
Polish engine list homepage down for 6 days
Pyotr homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- updated all Tony Mokonen links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added SamChess Knightmate
- added TSCP Knightmate
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_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

Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 19.2
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

IKVM.NET 7.1 RC 1
Java VM for Mono/.NET; enables Java code/libraries to be called by Mono/.NET languages, or develop Mono/.NET apps in Java
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.ikvm.net/ (homepage)
http://weblog.ikvm.net/ (announcement)

Macrium Reflect Free 5.0.4694
Windows32/64 disk imaging; free edition has full image backups/restores only and only for private use
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

mIRC 7.25
commercial Internet Relay Chat client (once free, now costs $20)
- due to becoming commercial, this is the last time I will list this program; there are many free, open source alternatives available
http://www.mirc.com/
http://www.mirc.com/news.html (new changes info)

PeaZip 4.6
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/4.6/ (4.5.1 download)

WordPress 3.4
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/ (homepage)
http://wordpress.org/news/2012/06/green/ (announcement)

Meaning of Colors

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

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NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
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