Engine Updates

ChessBin 0.0.6.7 (WB)
Win32; requires .NET 2.0 or later; own GUI
- this is a silent update
http://www.chessbin.com/page/Download-Chess-Bin-Chess-Game.aspx

Faile 1.4.4 (WB)
1 new commit(s) to the source, no new build
it looks like just creating a new git repository, with nothing changed
http://sourceforge.net/projects/faile/

Chess News

Crafty Chess Interface 5.1
chess GUI for Crafty with nice wood board by Valters Baumanis (requres VB6 run-time library)
- includes Crafty 23.2
http://valters.2x.nu/crafty/

Norm Pollock site
new 40H-EPD Utility Suite (2 Utilities)
- new program: "epdFilter", use it with pgn-Extract
- new program: "epdUnique"
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Amundsen homepage down for 6 days
Betsy homepage down for 90 days
Blitzter homepage down for 25 days
Brama homepage down for 17 days
Colossus homepage down for 96 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 68 days
Dika homepage down for 18 days
Gosu homepage down for 23 days
Nesik homepage down for 2 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 42 days
Igor Gorelikov Tools site back up
Pyotr homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Usurper
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 crash
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare

Advanced SystemCare Free 3.5.1
free; very good anti-spyware & registry optimization program
http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html (homepage)

Cobian Backup 10.0.2.692
free multithreaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

Open Watcom 1.9 RC 3
open source C/C++/Fortran cross-platform cross-compiler with GUI IDE & extensive toolset
build system hosts and compiles on/for: DOS16/Windows32/Linux32/OS2
this is *release candidate* software
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Download (download)
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/C_Compilers_Release_Changes (release notes)

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

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