NOTES:
- There was a brief website outage today. The power supply on the server failed. Apologies to all!
- It looks like Google is getting attacked again from China. The attacks interfere with www name server response times. Today's update list might be incomplete due to numerous timeout failures.

Engine Updates

Capa 0.1 beta 2 (WB)
1 new commit(s) to the Java source, (rev = 142), no new release
- generics refactoring
http://sourceforge.net/projects/capa/

Critter 0.60 (UCI)
Win32/64; mp
- SMP support (max 8 threads). If hyperthreading is turned on, please set number of threads to number of physical cores
- support of "searchmoves" UCI option (useful for IDEA)
- decreased middlegame pawn value, but much larger passed pawn bonuses
- added some endgame heuristics (KRPKR, KQKP, opposite colored bishop endings)
- somewhat slower NPS, but faster time-to-depth
http://sourceforge.net/projects/critterchess/ (homepage)
http://www.mediafire.com/?jgydzytfyro (direct link)

Mainsworthy T81 & S82 (WB)
Win32; own GUI (GUI for native use only, no other WB or UCI engines); T (tournament) version is for long time control only
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Mainsworthy.html (Leo page)

Protector 1.3.4 (UCI)
1 revision(s) to the C++ source code today (current = rev. 262), no new build
- eval change(s)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)

Rodin 3.0 (WB)
Win32
- tuning of lots of parameters and variables to increase strenght
- ponder bug fix
- new chess knowledge
- delete parts which dont make any good to the results
- new comand 'skill" to reduce playing strenght
- new 'eval' command shows positional features score
- small tweaks
- new web site and logo
http://sites.google.com/site/clonfsp/rodin-chess-engine

StockFish 1.7.1 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Mac
- this is another Mac release with GUI
http://www.stockfishchess.com/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Amundsen homepage down for 12 days
Betsy homepage down for 96 days
Blitzter homepage down for 31 days
Brama homepage down for 23 days
Colossus homepage down for 102 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 74 days
Dika homepage down for 24 days
Gosu homepage down for 29 days
Nesik homepage down for 8 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 48 days

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Wilhelm
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

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.96
excellent open source antivirus scanner, does not include an on-access real-time scanner
http://www.clamwin.com/

GParted 0.5.2-7
open source Gnome Partition Editor- resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/ (download)

.NET Framework 4.0
Microsoft virtual machine for Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9cfb2d51-5ff4-4491-b0e5-b386f32c0992&displaylang=en

Visual Studio 2010 Express
free Microsoft compiler for C/C++, C#, VB, & web development
- all of the Microsoft Visual Studio pages are updated today
http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/

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

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