Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

ChessPartner 6.0.4
commercial engine + chess GUI
- free update for paying customers
- fixes some Winboard compatability issues
http://www.lokasoft.nl/1chesspartner-604-updates.aspx

Droidfish 151 for Android
port of Stockfish to Android platform + chess GUI
http://web.comhem.se/petero2home/droidfish/index.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 9 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 24 days (a 110mb.com site)
Denis Mendoza builds page down for 6 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 24 days (502: bad gateway)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 24 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 8 days (not found)
Norbert Raimund Leisner List page down for 2 days (no response in 60 seconds)
T-Rex homepage down for 9 days (not found)
Wing homepage down for 89 days (not found)

Toga Returns homepage, according to AVG, is infected with malware:
Blackhole Exploit Kit

Wiki Changes

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- yesterday's entry of: 'added Markovian' is wrong, correct is:
- added Morphy Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_engine_list

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

Feng Office 2.3.1.1
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

Freemake Video Converter 4.0.3
convert 200+ video formats; cut/join/scale video; rip & burn DVDs; burn Blu-rays, upload to YouTube; more
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

Parted Magic 2013_08_0
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

Scribus 1.4.3
cross-platform, open-source program for professional page layout
http://www.scribus.net/

Zero Install 2.3 for Windows
open source, decentralized cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; with dependency handling and automatic updates"
Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time and run from your cache subsequently
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
http://0install.de/?lang=en

Meaning of Colors

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

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