Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

Liit 0.4.1 Beta (WB)
new variant engine by Ferdinand Mosca
- plays on a 6x6 board (Los Alamos chess variant)
https://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/home

XBoard Alpha News
new and experimental features for the next release by HG Muller
- code re-organization:
--- scrolling listboxes
--- tabbing through dialogs
http://hgm.nubati.net/news.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Armageddon homepage down for 3 days (permissions problem)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 275 days

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
- GnuChess6: added UCI protocol
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_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

FBackup 4.7.266
free, simple backup program for personal or commercial use
http://www.fbackup.com/

Firebird 2.7.5 ADO.NET Provider
open source C# .NET drivers for Firebird database
- provides a high-performance, native implementation of the Firebird API
- with Entity Framework support
http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/net-provider/

IrfanView 4.33
free image viewer/scanner/printer/converter for Windows with some paint/editing options & many plugins
http://www.irfanview.com/

Maqetta Preview 5
open source visual authoring system of HTML5 user interfaces - in the browser
this is a *preview* version (beta)
http://maqetta.org/

Thunderbird 11.0.1
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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