Engine Updates

Protector 1.2.8 (UCI)
revision(s) to the source code today (current = rev. 87), no new build
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project site)
latest builds are here (updated often):
http://protector.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/protector/bin/ (bin files)

Down chess websites
Averno geocities site down permanently, no more homepage
DanChess geocities site down permanently, no more homepage
Aristarch site down today
ChestUCI site down for 2 days
Fianchetto site down today
Frenzee site has no content for 6 days
Numpty site down for 2 days
Prechess site down today
Toledo Nanochess site down for 2 days
Zebra Chess down for 6 days
ElTurco site back up
MiniMardi site back up

Note: GEOCITIES is closing on October 26, 2009.
There are a lot of free engines hosted there that might disappear forever!

Warning: Fimbulwinter site is reported as an attack site!
Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.
3 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent.
Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 2 time(s) over the past 90 days.
Malicious software includes 9 exploit(s), 1 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 1 new process(es) on the target machine.

Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)

Adobe Reader 9.2
free program to display pdf documents
http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Adobe is a bit bloated and slow, you might want to use FoxIt instead (below)

Foxit Reader 3.1.2.1013
free pdf viewer. Faster render than Adobe. Recommended.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

Firebird 2.1.3 MacOSX Intel Kit
Firebird is a popular open source SQL database that does not requires an administrator
- update solves a problem with exception handling on MacOSX 10.6 and GCC 4.1.2
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php

SysInternals Suite
free trouble-shooting utilities suite from Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx

Meaning of Colors

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

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