Engine Updates

ArabianKnight 1.0.6 (WB)
Java source; own GUI; Win32
- some bugs fixed in gui, and savegame
- depth penalty removed
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/ArabianKnight.html

ECE 1.1 (UCI)
ECE = Easy Chess Engine; Win32
- new web page, new version: no longer a retreated engine!
http://lesgames.altervista.org/

FireBird 1.1 (UCI)
Win32/64 for all cpus; this is an Ippolit derivative but source code is missing
- added new builds for various cpus w/ several compilers
http://www.cyclonechess.com/firebird.htm

Protector 1.3.2 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 223), no new build
- eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Chess News

Winboard/XBoard alpha news
- added description of Chat Box and available options
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html

Down/Problem chess websites
Amundsen homepage down for 4 days
Ares homepage down for 23 days
BabyChess homepage down for 5 days
Betsy homepage down for 42 days
Colossus homepage down for 48 days
Frank homepage down today
Italian Engine List down today
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 20 days
Lyapko utilities homepage down for 8 days
Neurone homepage down today
Omar homepage down for 10 days
Typhoon homepage down for 26 days

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- lots of changes
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Chess Engine List
- added Sierzant
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

Explore&Burn 1.5.3
free CD/DVD burning program; adds a right-click 'burn to disc' option to Explorer
- new release has Win32 & Win64-bit versions
http://www.exploreburn.com/

Ghostery 2.0.3
free Firefox addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and widgets on every page on the web
http://ghostery.com/

NetBeans IDE 6.9 Milestone 1
open source cross-platform IDE for many programming languages. Recommended!
(Java, C/C++, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, JavaFX, JavaScript, Ajax, Scala, Groovy, etc.)
supports normal syntax highlighting, code completion, namespace completion, etc.
all languages have debuggers, profilers and unit testing plus support for collaborative programming
this is a *beta* release
http://www.netbeans.org/ (homepage)
http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthy69m1 (full description of new features)
http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1461.html (download link)

Meaning of Colors

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

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