Engine Updates

Project Invincible 2.10 (WB)
C++ source; mp; own GUI; Win32, Linux(source)
http://code.google.com/p/project-invincible/

Chess News

Virutor GUI for Desktop, Beta 1 (UCI)
new Chess GUI by Vaclav Vavra
- according to docs, this requires Java 6 runtime
- this is a *beta* release
- avialable as standalone GUI or bundled with Virutor engine
https://sites.google.com/site/virutor/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Bestia homepage down for 16 days (a 110mb.com site)
Darky homepage down for 10 days (not found)
Fianchetto homepage down for 16 days (502: bad gateway)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 16 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Wing homepage down for 81 days (not found)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- CSBoard: added 2 links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

FACE Tournament
updated pages: face, participants, and download
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

Avira AntiVir Personal 13.0.0.3884 Free
free; highly-rated antivirus product with very annoying pop-up ads accompanying virus signature updates
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

OpenOffice 4.0.0
open source word processing, database, spreadsheet, chart, math formula editor, etc
OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
- IBM sidebar enhancements (from Lotus Symphony) have been added to OpenOffice
- IBM put a lot of effort into accurate rendering of Word docs: the new OpenOffice includes these enhancements
- IBM Word render and sidebar enhancements will appear in the next release of LibreOffice
http://www.openoffice.org/ (homepage)
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Release+Notes (announcement)

Winamp Media Player 5.65
free Windows media player
http://www.winamp.com/media-player/en

Meaning of Colors

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

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