Engine Updates

CmcChess 2.5 (UCI)
Win32, mp
http://people.oregonstate.edu/~machao/Cmcchess_site/index.html

DiscoCheck 3.7.1 (UCI)
C source; Win64, Linux64
- search: LMR improved
- sort: improved move ordering
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/DoubleCheck.html (Leo page)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Mediocre 0.5 JA (UCI)
Java source; Win32
- silent update, version number unchanged
- Win32 Excelsior Jet build is recompiled
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 7 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 403 days
DeepDuke homepage down for 32 days (SourceForge project page is okay)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 7 days (a 110mb.com site)
Mscp homepage down for 6 days
Smash homepage down for 7 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 7 days (a 110mb.com site)

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

Digital Mars D Compiler 2.060 & 1.075
free cross-platform compiler; an efficient and modern OO language
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

MySQL Community Server 5.5.27
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/news-5-5-27.html (changelog)

Opera 12.01
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PHP 5.4.6 RC 1
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language; it is mostly used for web applications
- this is a *release candidate*
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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