Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win builds
fixed problem with Win64 compile
- Chesley r311 JA (WB) for Win32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Jim Ablett Win builds
added Linux 32 build
- Doch 1.2 JA (UCI) for Win 32/64 & Linux 32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Protector 1.3.2 (UCI)
2 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 173), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Down chess websites
Amundsen site down for 12 days
Chess Rikus site down today
Smirf site down for 56 days
Armageddon site back up
Note: Some Sourceforge project pages did not load in a reasonable amount of time
Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- fixed Stockfish link for Holger Schluckebier's Mac build
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

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

Firebird SQL Database
site has experienced a "catastrophic event" (hard drives failure)
"we lost everything - Tracker, website, Wiki and news mirrors - piece-by-piece over the past days."
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php

Google Chrome 3.0.195.38
open source browser
http://www.google.com/chrome

GParted 0.4.6-1
open source Gnome Partition Editor- resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/ (download)

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 5
open source browser; this is a *beta* release
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Open Watcom C/C++/Fortran Compiler
can now be downloaded using bittorrent software
http://www.openwatcom.org/

VirtualBox 3.1.2
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

Winamp Media Player 5.57
free media player; I prefer the Lite version
http://www.winamp.com/media-player/free-download-lite (Lite link is towards the bottom)

Wireshark 1.2.5
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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