Engine Updates

Redqueen 0.5 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32, Linux64
no Jim Ablett build yet...
- improved time management
- improved search: fixed bugs, implemented razoring, static null move, futility pruning, delta pruning, etc
- created perft
- improved move ordering to use tt move, killers and history
- created SEE to help on move ordering
- fixed bugs in the evaluation function
- and many other things...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex homepage down for 51 days ("Temporarily Unavailable")
Amundsen homepage down for 56 days
Brama homepage down for 85 days
Dika homepage down for 86 days
Flux homepage down for 24 days
Mizar homepage down for 19 days (no download page)
Nesik homepage down for 60 days
Numpty homepage closed until further notice (47 days)
Wilhelm homepage down for 35 days

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

AbiWord 2.8.6
open source, cross-platform (Win/Mac/Linux) word processor resembling Microsoft Word
less bloated & opens faster than Microsoft Word or OpenOffice
http://www.abiword.com/

Digital Mars D Compiler 1.062 & 2.047 alpha
free compiler for Win32, Linux32 & Mac; an interesting OO language
version 1.062 is the latest stable release; 2.047 is an *alpha* release
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/download.html

Filezilla 3.3.3
open source ftp client. Recommended.
http://filezilla-project.org/

Fresh HTML 3.50
free html editor
http://www.freshwebmaster.com/index.html

Parted Magic 4.11
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester. Recommended!
http://partedmagic.com/

Scala 2.8.0 RC 5
a powerful imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/ OO & actors for concurrency
this is a *release candidate*
http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads

Meaning of Colors

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

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