Engine Updates

ArabianKnight 1.0 (WB)
Java source; own GUI; Win32
updated yesterday too
-blocked pawn penalty added
-weak field penalty added
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/ArabianKnight.html

Carballo 0.4 (UCI)
Java source; applet for online play
http://sourceforge.net/projects/carballo/ (download)
http://www.alonsoruibal.com/dev/chess/ (homepage: online play)

Philou 3.1.0 (UCI)
Win32
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Philou.html

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.177 (WB/UCI)
A nice chess GUI / tournament manager for WB or UCI engines by Matthias Gemuh
ChessGUI4Stick (portable version) also updated
- a final touch at the testsuite stuff
http://biglion.110mb.com/
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/

ChessX 0.7 GUI (WB/UCI)
PGN database program for Windows, Mac & Linux with engine support for analysis only (not for playing)
4 new commit(s) to the C++ source, (rev = 1019), no new build
- give Preferences windows the same name as in the menu
- change Setup position name in the menu
- update copyright date in the About window
- make proper name appear on About window
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/develop/

Winboard/XBoard News
- some new stuff added at bottom of page
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html

Down/Problem chess websites
Ares homepage down for 19 days
BabyChess homepage down today
Betsy homepage down for 38 days
Bubble homepage down today
Colossus homepage down for 44 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 16 days
Lyapko utilities homepage down for 4 days
Omar homepage down for 6 days
Typhoon homepage down for 22 days
Protej homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added SdBC
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

AbiWord 2.8.2
open source, cross-platform (Win/Mac/Linux) word processor resembling Microsoft Word
less bloated & opens faster than Microsoft Word or Open Office
http://www.abiword.com/

RJ TextEd 6.0
free programmer's text editor; unicode, spell-checking, code-completion, remote editing, etc
http://www.rj-texted.se/index.htm (homepage)
http://www.rj-texted.se/download.htm (download page)

VirtualBox 3.1.4
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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Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list