Engine Updates

Alex 2.13 (WB/UCI)
Win32, Linux32 (older versions); uses Scorpio bitbases
- re-instate EGBB capability
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/

Chess News

ChessMaude 1.31 Chess GUI (WB/UCI)
play against included 1600-1700 Elo native engine (Tyrell) or any WB/UCI engine
http://home.comcast.net/~Normand_Blais/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aldebaran homepage down for 51 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Bubble homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 28 days (configuration error)
Frenzee homepage down for 173 days (webpage down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 26 days
SharpChess, Sharper homepage down today (domain expired)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 39 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 38 days

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 Reader 10.0.1
free PDF viewer
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows

BurnAware 3.1.3
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
- bugfix to yesterday's release; version number unchanged
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

Firefox 4.0 beta 11
open source browser. Recommended!
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html (beta page)

Lunascape 6.4.2
free browser with all 3 major rendering engines: IE(Trident)+Firefox(Gecko)+Chrome/Safari(Webkit)
developers can preview web pages side-by-side using the 3 different rendering engines
http://www.lunascape.tv/

NetWorx 5.1.7
free network traffic (bandwidth) monitor & usage reporting w/ real-time graphs
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

Pidgin 2.7.10
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/

Meaning of Colors

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

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