Engine Updates

Nebiyu 1.0 (WB)
new engine by Daniel Shawul
Win32; supports variants; programs for Checkers, Go, and Reversi too; requires latest Winboard
http://dshawul.googlepages.com/home

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book Databases
- updated EPD database: OpPosSte
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 31 days (no response in 60 seconds)
BSC homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Bubble homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 8 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 153 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 6 days
Sorgenkind homepage down for 19 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 17 days

Wiki Changes
Nothing new today

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

Network Scanner 2011-01-195.0.1
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports & displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

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