Update Information: August 19, 2013 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Nothing new today
Chess News
Nothing new today
Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated: "stalemates" (pgn database)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html
Down/Problem Chess Websites
Alex WBTM homepage down for 28 days (a multimania site)
Aretar homepage down today (connection reset)
Bestia homepage down for 43 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 19 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 43 days (502 error: bad gateway)
Hamsters homepage down for 7 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 7 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 43 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 27 days (a multimania site)
Spark homepage down for 19 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 11 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 28 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 108 days (not found)
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
Ghostery 5.0.3 for Firefox
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download
Jenkins 1.529
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/
OS4 OpenLinux 13.7
Debian/Xubuntu-based Linux distro; KDE or XFCE desktop; #13 in popularity
http://www.os4online.com/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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