Engine Updates

Pawny 0.3 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
- improved King safety and SEE
- more aggressive reductions, including reduction for "bad" captures
- several code cleanups (like removing the pv array that is not used anymore)
- wrong castling flags update, caused by improperly tested rook movement - fixed
- various SEE bugs - fixed
http://pawny.netii.net/

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

ChessMind homepage down today (yet again)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 74 days (broken computer!)
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Matacz homepage down for 42 days (a 110mb.com site)
Revati homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
SDChess homepage down for 3 days (Internal Server Error)

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 0.8.18
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/

Django 1.3.1
high-level, rapid development Python-based web framework
https://www.djangoproject.com/

Firebird for Mac 2.5.1 RC1 & 2.5.0 64-bit
popular open source, cross-platform SQL database that does not require an administrator
http://www.firebirdsql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/news/firebird-for-macosx-updates-2-5-1-rc1-and-2-5-0-64-bit-builds-12640/ (announcement)

Meaning of Colors

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

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