Engine Updates

EXchess 6.50 (WB)
C++ source; own GUI; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; limit strength; FRC
- "adds some play improvements and the ability to play Chess960"
http://personal.denison.edu/%7Ehomand/EXchess.htm

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new PGN program: fenRemove - removes games containing a "FEN" tag except if the position is the standard opening position
- updated PGN program: nameExtract - fixed major bug in output
- updated PGN database: gm1830.pgn (formerly gm1834.pgn)
- updated PGN database: gm1931.pgn
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 420 days
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 4 days (a 110mb.com site)

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

GeSHi 1.0.8.11
open source generic syntax highlighter for various PHP web systems
supports syntax highlighting of 219 programming languages
http://qbnz.com/highlighter/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/geshi/files/ (downloads)

NetWorx 5.2.4
free network traffic (bandwidth) monitor & usage reporting w/ real-time graphs
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

Snowlinux 3 "Xfce"
Debian-based Linux distribution with Xfce desktop; #20 in popularity
http://www.snowlinux.de/

Meaning of Colors

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

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