Engine Updates

GullChess 2.2 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64; Ivanhoe derivative
- silent update, version number unchanged
- contents of 'new' zip file appears to be identical to 2013-08-07 release: same dates, same files, same file sizes
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gullchess/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 51 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 66 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 42 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 66 days (502 error: bad gateway)
Hamsters homepage down for 30 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 30 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 66 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 50 days (a multimania site)
Safrad homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Spark homepage down for 42 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 15 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tornado homepage down for 2 days (requires password for access)
T-Rex homepage down for 51 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 131 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

Adobe Flash Player 11.8.800.168
free cross-platform flash video player
http://www.adobe.com/

Adobe Reader 11.0.04
free PDF viewer
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows (Windows download)

Adobe Shockwave Player 12.0.4.144
allows you to view interactive web content like games, business presentations, entertainment, and advertisements from your web browser
(displays web content that has been created using Adobe Director)
http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer.html (shockwave homepage)
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/ (download)

HWINFO32/HWINFO64 4.24
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 0.10.17
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

WordPress 3.6.1
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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