Engine Updates

Deep Saros 2.3gs (UCI)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64, Linux64; Ippolit/Toga/Glaurung derivative
- special Win64 Intel Core2 build
http://deepsaros.jimdo.com/

Protector 1.4.0 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/ (project)
http://protector.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/protector/bin/ (individual downloads)

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN & EPD Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- new EPD program: epdColumn - produces a list of the tokens at the user-specifiied position of the records
- renamed program: from epdToken to epdMatch
- new EPD program: numExtract - extracts games whose game number matches a game number in a user-supplied text file "numbers"
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 25 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 2 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 147 days (webpage taken down until new engine release)
Matacz homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 13 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 11 days
Bestia homepage back up

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

ImgBurn 2.5.5.0
free CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application
http://www.imgburn.com/

LibreOffice RC 3
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
"The OpenOffice.org trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation"
"Since Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems, the [OpenOffice] Community has been under 'notice to quit'"
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/

System Explorer 2.6.4
free; detailed info about tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows, services, drivers,
connections and opened files; graphs monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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