Engine Updates

Critter 1.6 (UCI)
mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; Gaviota egtbs
http://www.vlasak.biz/critter/

GreKo 9.3.1 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win64
- bugfix: 'position fen ...' UCI command fixed
http://greko.110mb.com/index.html

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Ifrit m1.8 JA (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32/64, Linux 32/64, Android
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Shallow 1.0 JA (WB)
new engine by Dmitry Sultanov
C++ source; Win32/64 (JA)
https://github.com/dimock/chess (project site + source)
http://jimablett.net63.net/ (Jim Ablett build + source)

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akiba homepage down for 7 days
Chad's Chess homepage down for 46 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 353 days
Polish engine list homepage down for 7 days
Pyotr homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- updated FruitFly, Windows Edition download 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

Avant Browser 2012 Build 173
free web browser designed to expand Internet Explorer features
http://www.avantbrowser.com/

Calibre 0.8.56
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/

FrostWire 5.3.7
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

GCC 4.7.1
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
- "bug-fix release, containing fixes for regressions in GCC 4.7.0 relative to previous releases of GCC"
http://gcc.gnu.org/ (homepage)
http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/ (announcement)

Groovy 2.0 RC 3
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
- this is a *release candidate*
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)

Opera 12.00
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PHP 5.4.4 Stable
PHP 5.3.14 Stable
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language; it is mostly used for web applications
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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