Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 62 days (404: page not found)
Firefly homepage unreachable without installing unnecessary software (see note below)
Frenzee homepage down for 295 days (purposely down until new engine release)
Loop homepage down for 43 days (it seems that Loop is a Fruit clone!)
Typhoon homepage down for 2 days (download is available elsewhere)

Firefly homepage unreachable without installing unwanted, unnecessary, non-standards-compliant software
The original, standards-compatible page is available here:
http://fireflychess.dyndns.org/index2.html?ShowFF%28%29
But the author will not update it. I will no longer monitor this website for updates

Loop clone evidence:
http://open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=351

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

Calibre 0.8.5
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/

Game Booster 2.4
free; increases performance by temporarily shutting down background processes
and maximizing available RAM; Recommended!
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html (homepage)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d5952.html (download)

SeaMonkey 2.1
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Task Coach 1.2.20
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.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