Engine Updates

Dirty 05Sep2012 (WB)
Win32/64, Linux64
current download zip file does not contain a Linux version
- changes in both search and eval
http://www.dirtychess.com/

Chess News

Chess for Android 4.0.5 (WB/UCI)
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android
"This release mainly extends localization to more languages, but it also provides a new feature: copying the engine analysis to the clipboard. "
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/ (blog)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html (homepage and download)

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated file readme-PGN.txt: syntax and usage for emOrdo program fixed
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 437 days
Mizar homepage down for 8 days ("domain has expired")
PolarChess homepage down for 2 days (404 error - not found)
RumbleMinze homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Tony Mokonen's files page down for 2 days (server misconfigured)
Tornado homepage down for 16 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

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2013.2667
Free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2013

HWINFO32/HWINFO64 4.04-173
free system hardware information tool for Windows, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)

Miranda IM 0.10.2
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

openSUSE 12.2
independent Linux distro; destop choices: Blackbox, GNOME, IceWM, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce;
#5 in popularity
http://www.opensuse.org/

USBDeview 2.15
free utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org

It seems that freehosting.com has disabled directory listing, because they want to host actual sites and not be a mere file repository. I added a simple index page, so my site at http://tmokonen.freehosting.com should be back up again.

Hi Tony,

Yes, it is back up today