Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 76 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 91 days (a 110mb.com site)
GreKo homepage down for 6 days (a 110mb.com site)
Hamsters homepage down for 55 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 55 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 91 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 75 days (a multimania site)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 22 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 76 days (a multimania site)
Toga Returns homepage has been hacked and is dangerous to visit
Wing homepage is now considered dead, it will no longer be tracked

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- YChess: changed a link and 2 comments
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- list totally reworked
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- removed HaskellChess
- removed Lokasoft section, modified Lokasoft link and comment
- removed SmarThink
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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

Data Crow 3.12.4
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, chess, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

Orwell Dev-C++ 5.5.0
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE for 32-/64-bit development
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/

PeaZip 5.1.1
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/5.1.1/ (5.1.1 downloads)

TDM-GCC 4.8.1-3 (32bit) & 4.8.1-3 (64-bit)
open source GCC C/C++ 32/64-bit Native Portable Build and Development Environment for Windows
creates 32-bit OR 64-bit binaries, for any version of Windows since Windows 95
- bugfix release
http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
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