[url=http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list]Engine Updates[/url]

Amyan 1.61 (WB/UCI)
- basically analyze mode was broken under winboard!
- Just a very small strength increase from 1.6 (yes, there is, that was fast uh?)
http://www.pincha.cl/amyan/amyane.html

Cyclone xTreme Sep 15 2009 (UCI)
- hash size bugfix
- default configuration values changed
http://www.cyclonechess.com/cyclone.htm

Pawny 0.11 (UCI)
Win 32/64 with C source
- New move generator (entirely rewritten).
- The board is now represented as 16*14 array
- Piece lists - as array of linked lists
- Evaluation and Knowledge modules entirely rewritten
- Board initialization functions entirely rewritten
- NO new chess knowledge only code optimizations!
- Several other optimizations made:
--- removing futile checks (during delta attack gen. for example)
--- removing double memory references for getting piece information
http://pawny.netii.net/

Down chess websites
Armageddon site down for 2 days
Averno site down for 51 days
Brama site down today
LarsenVB site down today
Simplex site back up
Sissa site back up

Bonus Notifications (free stuff)

Miranda IM 0.8.6
an open-source multi protocol instant messenger client for Microsoft Windows
http://www.miranda-im.org/

PeaZip 2.7.0
open source file and archive manager
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP
- extract 95 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF and many more...
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/

QtWeb Internet Browser 3.1
free, non-commercial and open source web browser. Small, fast and portable.
http://www.qtweb.net/

µTorrent 1.8.4
freeware. "World's most popular BitTorrent client"
compatible with recent versions of Azureus and BitComet
http://www.utorrent.com/