Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win builds
Chesley r320 JA (WB) for Win32/64 & Linuc32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Protector 1.3.2 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 212), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

RedQueen 0.2 (UCI)
1 commit(s) to the C++ source code (commits= 148), no new build
- improved search code
http://sourceforge.net/projects/redqueenchess

Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 7 days
Betsy homepage down for 17 days
Colossus homepage down for 23 days
Dann Corbit site down for 2 days
OBender homepage down for 3 days (along with ChessOne and Woodpecker)
Typhoon homepage down for 3 days
Bubble homepage back up
Toledo Nanochess homepage back up
ChestUCI homepage back up
Warning: Lyapko site is an attack site and dangerous to visit

Chess News

ChestUCI
mate-finder program by Franz Huber
- Chest_DB database has added one more mate problem (total = 6282)
http://fhub.110mb.com/

iNemisis 5.0
Chess GUI for human FICS online play
http://www.ideabuilders.com/public/

SCID
PGN database program for creating opening books, also a Chess GUI
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (patchset = 554)
no build for this version
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid

STS Stat 2.0
utility by Philippe Gailhac for calculating engine analysis scores using STS & Arena
- added grading system
- added a feature that calculates the total scores of (STS 1+STS 2......+STS n)
- added average calculations
- added percentage calculations
http://sites.google.com/site/strategictestsuite/sts-stat

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Quark
- fixed Akiba link
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 occasionally crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

Ghostery
not new, but new to me
free Firefox addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and widgets on every page on the web
http://www.ghostery.com/

USBDeview 1.56
free utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)

µTorrent 2.0 Release Candidate 4
open source BitTorrent client
this is a *release candidate*
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=65482 (info)
this is a direct link to the latest *release candidate*
http://download.utorrent.com/2.0/utorrent.exe

Wise Registry Cleaner 4.93
free registry cleaner. Cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://free-registry-cleaner.wisecleaner.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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