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

Cyclone (UCI)
- new configuration files added (left side)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chesley/

Down chess websites
Averno site down for 58 days
Numpty site hijacked again? It looks like it.
Superchessengine site down today (Bibi, Fruit, GambitFruit, Movei, Naum, Patzer, Smash, & Toga)
Crafty Chess Interface back up

[url=http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list]Chess News[/url]

STS #6: Re-Capturing
new epd test suite from Swaminathan and Dann Corbit
- Which Piece to use to re-capture
- Tests your engine's understanding of Recapturing, choosing the best piece to re-capture, Mobility, Piece Activity
- Covers different sequence of recaptures with slightly modified positions. superior Bishop, doubled pawns, resultant pawn structure after the trade-off etc
http://sites.google.com/site/strategictestsuite/home/re-capturing

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
- improved Aquarium comment
- improved Peshk@ comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Bonus Notifications (recent releases) (free stuff)

MySQL 5.1.39
free (Community Server Edition only!), open source SQL database with an improved query analyzer
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/news-5-1-39.html (changelog)
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html#downloads (download)

Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 1
very nice free image and photo editing software (paint program)
http://www.getpaint.net/