Engine Updates

Bismark 1.3a unstable (UCI)
Win32
- probably an *alpha* release
- no source code this time
http://www.sdchess.ru/download_engines.htm (SDChess)

Chess News

Lucas Chess 6.3
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Win32
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BeRoChess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Bouquet homepage down for 3 days (a google.com site)
Chad's Chess homepage down for 19 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 15 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 326 days
LarsenVB homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Surprise homepage down for 10 days (server is misconfigured)

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 0.8.52
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/

Jython 2.7 Alpha 1
Python language for Java platform (runs on jvm)
- this is an *alpha* release
http://www.jython.org/

LibreOffice 3.5.4 testing
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- this is a *testing* (beta) release
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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