Engine Updates

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
2 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 316), no new build
- search change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Redqueen 0.5 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 343), no new build
- 343: fixed passed pawn evaluation; fixed search parameters
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.197d (WB/UCI)
a nice chess GUI / tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable version
- bugfix: UCI parameters are not available for editing
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Frenzee page down for 2 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 2 days
Pyotr homepage down for 2 days

Wiki Changes

Links
- added Dann Corbit tournament software link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

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

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.96.2
excellent open source antivirus scanner, does not include an on-access real-time scanner
http://www.clamwin.com/

Geany 0.19.1
open source cross-platform programmer's editor & lightweight IDE for more than 40 languages
one of the few editors supporting the Vala/Genie language
http://www.geany.org/ (homepage)
http://download.geany.org/ (download)

Vala/Genie 0.9.6
the Vala language resembles C# and the Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
- drop deprecated support for assigning to construct properties
- some refactoring in the code generator
- bug fixes in bindings and vapigen
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie)
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vala/0.9/ (source code)
http://code.google.com/p/valide/downloads/list (Vala/Genie + IDE for Windows)

VLC 1.1.3
free open source cross-platform multimedia player (audio/video)
http://www.videolan.org/
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/1.1.3.html (1.1.2 info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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