Engine Updates

Toga II 2.0 (WB/UCI)
by Fabien Letouzey, Thomas Gaksch, Chris Formula & Jerry Donald
C++ source; Win32, Linux32, Android
- "significantly stronger than previous Toga versions"
- compile is by Jim Ablett
- futility margin is now dependent on played move count
- razoring full_quiescence() bounds fixed (thanks to Lucas Braesch)
- several eval() bounds fixed
- improved pawn shelter
- improved knight outpost
- improved bishop mobility
- new endgame material adjustments
- piece values tweaked
- egbb bugfix (Teemu Pudas)
http://www.computerchess.info/tdbb/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=1395 (direct link)

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akkad homepage down for 2 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 57 days (a 110mb.com site)
CCCP homepage down for 21 days (not found)
ChestUCI homepage down for 5 days (a 110mb.com site)
Deep Saros homepage down for 2 days (not found)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 5 days (a 110mb.com site)
InmiChess homepage down for 16 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 57 days (a 110mb.com site)
Sissa homepage down for 5 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 5 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony Mokonen's files page down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Vitruvius homepage down for 2 days (not found)

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

Drupal 7.18
open source PHP-based content management platform for easy website creation
http://drupal.org/home

Freemake Video Converter 3.2.1
convert 200+ video formats; cut/join/scale video; rip & burn DVDs; burn Blu-rays, upload to YouTube; more
- quick Youtube download bugfix to yesterday's release
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

Ghostery 1.2.3 for iOS
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; "See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

HWINFO32/HWINFO64 4.10-1820
free system hardware information tool for Windows, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)

Qt Creator IDE 2.6.1
open source cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and JavaScript
Features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion, function call tips, more
although the IDE encourages using Qt libraries, the choice is not forced
http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/downloads#qt-creator (download)

Qt 5.0
open source, cross-platform windowing system / GUI builder / C++ library; includes a Visual Studio add-in
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads

SQLite 3.7.15.1
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- bugfix release to fix a segfault
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_7_15_1.html (changelog)

VirtualBox 4.2.6
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Wise Registry Cleaner 7.55
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

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Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only

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