Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win builds
IIchess r19 JA (WB)
new engine by Katarzyna Obrycka & Marek Chruœciel; the code is from June 2008
C++ source; Win32, Linux32
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/iichess_r19_%20ja.zip (direct link)
http://good.net/_JFRgG5K42 (direct link)
http://code.google.com/p/iichess/ (project page)
http://code.google.com/p/iichess/source/browse/#svn/trunk (source)

Redqueen 0.4 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 222), no new build
- r222: fixed bugs
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Rybka 4 (UCI)
commercial; mp; FRC; Win32/64
http://www.rybkachess.com/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 33 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 38 days
Brama homepage down for 67 days
Colossus homepage down for 146 days
CSBoard site down today
Dika homepage down for 68 days
DreamChess homepage down today
Flux homepage down for 6 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools site is down today
Nesik homepage down for 42 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (29 days)
Pyotr homepage down today
Sissa homepage down for 34 days
Wilhelm homepage down for 17 days
InmiChess homepage back up

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- tournament pages for division 11 & 12 updated by Gerhard
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Chess Engine List
- corrected link for Delphil engine (thanks to Gerhard )
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

CCleaner 2.32
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: Recommended
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Firefox 3.6.4 build 5 beta
open source browser. Recommended!
this is a *beta* release
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html (beta page)

FOG 0.29
If you need to maintain several Windows computers with identical configuration & software
(for a school, library, business, etc.), this is the best tool to do it
http://www.fogproject.org/

Fresh HTML 3.48
free html editor
http://www.freshwebmaster.com/index.html

MyLittleForum 2.2.2
open source PHP forum software; this forum is powered by it; Recommended!
http://mylittleforum.net/download

Lucid Puppy Linux 5.0.1
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
The most easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution for Windows users. Recommended.
The default download is single-user, but a multiuser version is available
An intriguing choice is using Puppy in VirtualBox (Run directly from Windows)
You don't nessessarily use the latest version, you use the version with the software you want
http://puppylinux.org/ (homepage)
http://puppylinux.org/news/puplets/puppy421multiuseriso/ (multiuser)
http://puppylinux.org/news/puplets/puppy-linux-in-virtual-machine/ (Puppy in VirtualBox)
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/puppy-5.0.1/ (5.0.1)

USBDeview 1.70
free utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)

VLC 1.1.0 RC 1
open source multimedia player (audio/video)
this is a *release candidate*
http://www.videolan.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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