Engine Updates

ChessBin 0.0.6.9 (WB)
Win32; requires .NET 2.0 or later; own GUI
- GUI version: now contains a PGN viewer
http://www.chessbin.com/page/Download-Chess-Bin-Chess-Game.aspx

Mainsworthy 92 (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 site)

Chess News
Nothing new found today

Down/Problem Chess Websites
Betsy homepage down for 98 days
Blitzter homepage down for 33 days
Brama homepage down for 25 days
Colossus homepage down for 104 days
Kenny Dail (Mac) builds site down for 76 days
Dika homepage down for 26 days
Gosu homepage down for 31 days
Lyapko Utilities site down today
Matilde homepage down today
Nesik homepage down for 10 days
Sinobyl homepage down for 50 days
Tony's Chess homepage down today

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- added Witz
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

AVG Anti-Virus 9.0.801
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection. Recommended.
32-bit program that runs on all modern Win systems including Win64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download?prd=afg#tba2 (downloads)

GParted 0.5.2-8
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)

HWiNFO32 3.46-693 beta
free system hardware information tool, system health monitoring and benchmarks
this is a *beta* release
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download)

Java 6, Update 20
Java files updated: JDK, JRE; some other release packagess still at update 19 level
"This release contains fixes for security vulnerabilities"
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp (download page)
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u20.html (change notes)

Miranda IM 0.8.20
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

NetBeans Scala plugin 6.8v1.1 RC 2
Scala language plugin for Netbeans IDE
this is a *release candidate*
http://sourceforge.net/projects/erlybird/files/nb-scala/ (project page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/erlybird/files/ (download page)

Paint.NET 3.55 beta
very nice free image and photo editing software (paint program). Recommended.
http://www.getpaint.net/

Recuva 1.37
free program to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin, digital cameras, mp3 players etc.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Scala 2.8.0 RC 1
a powerful imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/ OO, & actors for concurrency
this is a *release candidate*
http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads

Sysinternals Suite
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

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