Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win builds
Redqueen 0.4 JA (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://homepages.tesco.net/henry.ablett/jims.html

Dann Corbit Win64 builds
Stockfish 1.6.3s DC (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64
the Win32/64 exe files are nested inside the src directory
as always, altered these Dann Corbit builds are never explained with readme files
there are hidden dependencies and your exe may crash if a required dll is missing
this is *not* an approved release
http://cap.connx.com/chess-engines/new-approach/sf_1.6.3b.7z (direct link)

Chess News

Frank Quisinsky Chess Programmer Interview
interview of Gian-Carlo Pascutto (aka CGP), author of Sjeng
http://www.schach-welt.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=118&Itemid=121

Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 20 days
Ares homepage down for 11 days
Betsy homepage down for 30 days
Colossus homepage down for 36 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 8 days
Typhoon homepage down for 14 days
George Lyapko website is no longer an attack site and not dangerous to visit

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added RomiChess
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

OpenOffice 3.2 RC 5
open source word processing, database, chart, math formula editor, spreadsheet, etc
this is a *release candidate* version
- biggest new feature is support for ODF file format, lots of other improvements
http://download.openoffice.org/all_rc.html (download)
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2/rc1.html (new features)

Meaning of Colors

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

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