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<title>Update Information: January 5, 2010</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Wednesday, January 06, 2010, 02:02:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Jim Ablett Win builds</span></strong><br />
- <strong><span style="color:#090;">Doch 1.3.2 JA (UCI)</span></strong> for Win32/64 &amp; Linux32/64<br />
- fixes personality file loading bug<br />
<a href="http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html">http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Gaviota 0.74.41 (WB)</span></strong><br />
Win32/64, Linux32/64; own egtbs; separate egtb integrity check program<br />
- silent update, version number unchanged; no Win64 build yet<br />
- TBCP 0.0.33b program updated too (download separately from engine)<br />
<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/">http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">RedQueen (UCI)</span></strong><br />
4 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 120), no new build<br />
- fixed bugs at searchPV (twice)<br />
- fixed bug at queen castle move generation<br />
- fixed bug at castle move generation<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess">http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem chess websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /><br />
Betsy homepage down today<br />
Colossus homepage down for 6 days<br />
Smash homepage down for 4 days<br />
<strong><span style="color:#f00;">Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Norm Pollock Opening Book PGN Databases </span></strong><br />
- updated: GrandS pgn file<br />
<a href="http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html">http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chess Engine List</span></strong><br />
- added Petir<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications</strong></span> (recent releases of free stuff)</p>
<p><span style="color:#f00;">Warnings:<br />
- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.<br />
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected<br />
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash<br />
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare<br />
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<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">AIMP 2.60 Build 530</span></strong><br />
free audio player with audio converter, recorder, and tag editor; Internet radio &amp; more<br />
<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aimp.ru%2F&amp;sl=ru&amp;tl=en">http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aimp.ru%2F&amp;sl=ru&amp...</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Fresh HTML 3.41</span></strong><br />
free html editor<br />
<a href="http://www.freshwebmaster.com/index.html">http://www.freshwebmaster.com/index.html</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7</span></strong><br />
open source browser. Recommended!<br />
<a href="http://www.mozilla.com/">http://www.mozilla.com/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.7/releasenotes/">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.7/releasenotes/</a> (release notes)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">PeaZip 2.9 beta</span></strong><br />
open source file and archive manager<br />
this is a *beta* release<br />
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP<br />
- extract 98 archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF and many more...<br />
<a href="http://peazip.sourceforge.net/">http://peazip.sourceforge.net/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://peazip.sourceforge.net/index-next.html">http://peazip.sourceforge.net/index-next.html</a> (beta download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">SQLite 3.6.22 </span></strong><br />
open source SQL database for C programmers<br />
- fixes for a couple of obscure bugs<br />
- some performance enhancements<br />
<a href="http://www.sqlite.org/">http://www.sqlite.org/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Meaning of Colors</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Red = New or Warning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Green = Updated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">Gray = Info Only</span></strong></p>
<p>Engine List: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a><br />
Chess News: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list</a></p>
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