Engine Updates

RedQueen (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 100), no download yet
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Sjakk 30-Nov-2009 (WB)
Win32; own GUI
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~jacobbl/jacob/Sjakk/Sjakk.htm

Down chess websites
Amundsen site down for 3 days
RBrChess site down for 3 days (exceeded quota?)
Smirf site down for 39 days
Sourceforge site still having troubles loading some sites in a reasonable amount of time
Sourceforge site is correcting the wrong commit totals counts created last week
Kenny Dail site back up

Chess News

Polyglot 1.4.54b
Michel Van den Bergh's Linux and Windows builds based on Fonzy Bluemers modification
of Fabien Letouzey's Polyglot with original work and bugfixes
- more graceful handling of engine crashes
- new EngineCommand is now passed through wordexp on Linux
http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/polyglot-release/

CuteChess 0.2.1 (WB/UCI)
a commandline interface by Ilari Pihlajisto to run Winboard or UCI protocol engine-engine games
- ping bugfix for Windows
this a silent update, the version number is unchanged
http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ilaripih/bin/cutechess-cli-win32.zip

SCID
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 518)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

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

Lunascape 6 RC
free browser with all 3 major rendering enignes: IE (Trident)+Firefox (Gecko)+Chrome/Safari (Webkit)
http://www.lunascape.tv/

PC Tools Firewall Plus 6.0.0.86
free firewall from a respected vendor
http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

VirtualBox 3.1.0
open source general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)
You can be the guy with all the operating systems! (screenshot)
http://www.virtualbox.org/attachment/wiki/Screenshots/snapshot-details.png

Meaning of Colors

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

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