Engine Updates

GreKo 9.7 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; limit strength; Win32
- added endgame heuristics for KBP-K and opposite color bishops
- depth limits for null-move and LMR modified
- hash overwriting rule modified (simpler)
http://greko.110mb.com/index.html

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

ChestUCI homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 431 days
Mizar homepage down for 2 days
Superchessengine site down today (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash & Toga II)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tornado homepage down for 10 days (programmer has purposely removed his page)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Illuminati Chess to the "Someday List" (empty repository)
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_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

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.5.0.10
free, extremely fast and effective disk defragmentation & optimization program; recommended
- this is a silent update, version number unchanged
- quick bugfix for two-day-old release
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

ID3 Renamer 5.0.2
free utility to bulk-rename music files
http://www.id3renamer.com/

Java 7, Update 7
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- security bugfix update: "this vulnerability allows criminals to create a drive-by hack where the only action needed to compromise a system is to visit a rogue Web page that hosts a malicious Java applet."
- security warning: several serious zero-day vulnerabilities in Java have recently been discovered
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/08/30/2312207/oracle-patches-java-7-vulnerability (more info)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Opera 12.02
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant html/css rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

TortoiseSVN 1.7.9
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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