Engine Updates

Delphil 2.9e (UCI)
Win32; mp
http://delphil.perso.neuf.fr/

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new PGN program: tagNull - inserts null tag value "?"
- new PGN databases: added 14 PGN files organized by ECO codes (4M games)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 382 days
DeepDuke homepage down for 11 days (SourceForge project page is okay)
ElTurco homepage down today
Elf homepage down for 5 days ("Site Suspended")
Michel Van den Bergh site down today (Gnuchess, Toga, Polyglot, etc.)
Pawny homepage down for 4 days (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

CPU-Z 1.62
free utility to detect all PC hardware & system components
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Ghostery 2.8.0.1 for Firefox
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; "See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.62
free Windows anti-virus; detect and remove malware that others fail to detect
free version does *not* provide memory resident protection
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

Maxthon 3.4.2.1000
free IE-based web browser with many extra features and plugins
http://www.maxthon.com/

Speccy 1.17
free system information tool
http://www.piriform.com/speccy (Speccy homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2012/7/12/speccy-v117 (announcement)

µTorrent 3.2 stable (build 27568)
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)

Wise Registry Cleaner 7.36
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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