Engine Updates

ProDeo 1.82 (WB/UCI)
Win32
- several endgame evaluation tweaks
- more aggressive playing style without losing strength
- "estimated elo gain of 20-30 with a LOS of 97.0%"
http://www.top-5000.nl/index.htm (Ed's page)
http://www.top-5000.nl/prodeo182.htm (1.82 page)

Chess News

Chess Engine Logos 1.81
Jim Ablett Logo Collection
- new logos: Stockfish, Deuterium, Rebel, Flip4ITEngine, MadChess, Red Queen Chess, Zoe, Lopez, Abulafia, Fly-By-Knight, RubyKnight, Zochova, Soldat, Alice
http://jim-ablett.co.de/ (scroll to bottom)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Hoffman 1.4 JA
a chess endgame tablebase builder by Brent Baccala
C/C++ source; Win32
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/hoffman-1.4-ja.zip (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 56 days (a 110mb.com site)
CCCP homepage down for 20 days (not found)
ChestUCI homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down today (not found)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 15 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 56 days (a 110mb.com site)
Sissa homepage down for 4 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 4 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

Adblock Plus 1.3.4 for Google Chrome
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

CDBurnerXP 4.5.0.3685
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software for Win32/64
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
- be careful, you will want the version *without* the 'Open Candy' advertising
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage)
http://cdburnerxp.se/download?more-options (download)

Freemake Video Converter 3.2.0
convert 200+ video formats; cut/join/scale video; rip & burn DVDs; burn Blu-rays, upload to YouTube; more
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

Opera 12.12
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant html/css rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PC-BSD 9.1
BSD-based Linux distro; KDE (default), GNOME, LXDE, Openbox, Xfce desktops; #30 in popularity
http://www.pcbsd.org/

UltraDefrag 5.1.2
open source defrag program for Windows
http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/en/index.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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