Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN database: gm1981.pgn
- updated PGN database: gm2006.pgn (formerly gm2007.pgn)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chiron homepage down for 2 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 425 days
ElTurco homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Postmodernist homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Tornado homepage down for 4 days (programmer has purposely removed his page)

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 0.8.66
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/

CCleaner 3.22
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
uninstalls programs, system restore, drive wiper, controls startup programs, context menus, etc
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2012/8/24/ccleaner-v322 (announcement)

Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.08
independent distro; KDE desktop; #20 in popularity
http://chakra-linux.org/

FrostWire 5.3.9
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

Meaning of Colors

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

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