Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

AdaChess homepage down for 4 days ("account has been suspended")
Aristarch homepage down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Armageddon homepage down for 28 days (403 error: forbidden)
Belofte homepage down for 73 days ("this site has been suspended")
ChessMind homepage down for 19 days (not found)
Dolphin homepage down for 71 days (not found)
Elf homepage down for 25 days ("domain name expired")
InmiChess homepage down for 68 days (no response in 60 seconds)
JavaRival homepage down for 35 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Power Chess PGN Databases page down for 16 days (not found)
Pyotr homepage down for 68 days (not found)
Wing homepage down for 20 days (untrusted connection)

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

Data Crow 3.10.1
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

MariaDB 5.5.31 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra DB engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)
http://blog.mariadb.org/mariadb-5-5-31-now-available/ (annoucement)

PHP 5.4.16, RC 1
PHP 5.3.26, RC 1
PHP is a very popular and practical open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
- this is a *release candidate*
http://php.net/ (homepage)

SumatraPDF 2.3.1
free, open-source minimalistic PDF/mobi/chm/djvu/cbr reader for Windows; it is a portable app
- quick bugfix for yesterday's release
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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