Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Jim Ablett homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
BabyChess homepage down for 59 days (404: page not found)
Bestia homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds -- 110mb.com page)
Bubble homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds -- again!)
Dann Corbit homepage down today (404: page not found)
Frenzee homepage down for 292 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Gromit homepage down for 2 days (URL not found)
Loop homepage down for 40 days (it seems that Loop is a Fruit clone!)
BBChess homepage back up
Loop clone evidence:
http://open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=351

Wiki Changes

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Atlas
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

FileZilla Server 0.9.39
open source ftp server; most people do not require the server, just the client
- quick bugfix release
http://filezilla-project.org/

HWiNFO64 3.81 Beta 1
free system hardware information tool, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
- new 64-bit version of HWiNFO32
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download)

Pidgin 2.8.0
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/

Wireshark 1.6.0
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

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

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org