Engine Updates

Alex 2.07a (WB/UCI)
Win32
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/

Protector 1.3.5 (UCI)
2 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 318), no new build
- eval & search change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/

Chess News

400 Neutral EPD positions
engine testing suite by Dann Corbit
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?topic_view=threads&p=367220&t=35837

Opening Database 2010
new openings database by Sedat Canbaz
- top 10 Openings
- top 20 Openings
- top 50 Openings
- top 100 Openings
http://sedatchess.110mb.com/index.php?p=1_6

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Frenzee page down for 3 days (permissions problem)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage back up
Pyotr homepage back up

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

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.96.2.1
excellent open source antivirus scanner, does not include an on-access real-time scanner
http://www.clamwin.com/

Hamster Free Video Converter 1.0.0.34
converts 3GP, MP3, MP4, AVI, MPG, WMV, MPEG, FLV, HD, DVD, M2TS and others
http://videoconverter.hamstersoft.com/en/

System Explorer 2.3.2
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/

µTorrent 2.2 'Griffin' beta (build 21290)
open source BitTorrent client
this is a *beta* release
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=76840

Vala/Genie 0.9.7
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
- fix regression introduced by codegen refactoring
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)

Meaning of Colors

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

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