Engine Updates
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Chess News

Chess for Android 2.8
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android phone
- full PGN support (clipboard import/export, file load/save)
- improved layout for xlarge screen sizes (api 9 and up)
- bug fix in draw detection after FEN import
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- PGN Maintenance Update: improved speed for most programs and improved output messages for most programs
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Polyglot 1.4.65b
Winboard addon to handle UCI engines and Polyglot opening books
C source; Win32, Linux64
- bugfix: dump-book with -color black generated the file book_white.txt
http://alpha.uhasselt.be/Research/Algebra/Toga/polyglot-release/

Xboard 4.5.1 Installer for Mac OSX
new update compiled by 'Darklord42'
- this is a release of the newest available Xboard for the Mac
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ta7bklzwmi26o21/Xboard%204.5.1-macintel.zip (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bearded homepage down for 50 days
Brutus homepage down for 49 days
ChessMind homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 225 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 91 days
Typhoon homepage down for 17 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 90 days (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added ShouldntExist
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_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

Calibre 0.7.53
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Data Crow 3.9.6
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

Meaning of Colors

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

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