Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN program: summary (now gives the number of player pairings)
- updated TXT program: txtTruncate (fixed bug caused by "tabs" used for spacing)
- removed PGN database: ce2008.pgn
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Akiba homepage down for 12 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 358 days
Polish engine list homepage down for 12 days
Revati homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)

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

Firefox 13.0.1
popular, free, open source browser; recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Geany 1.22
open source cross-platform programmer's editor & lightweight IDE
supports more than 50 programming languages; recommended
http://www.geany.org/ (homepage)
http://www.geany.org/Main/20120618 (announcement)
http://wiki.geany.org/ (wiki)

System Explorer 3.9.0
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Thunderbird 13.0.1
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

µTorrent 3.2 RC 4 (build 27434)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=115806 (3.2 forum thread)

Wireshark 1.8.0 RC 2
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.wireshark.org/

Zero Install 1.8 for Windows
open source, decentralized cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; with dependency handling and
automatic updates" Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time
and run from your cache subsequently
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
http://0install.de/?lang=en

Meaning of Colors

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

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