Engine Updates
Nothing new today

Chess News

Jim Ablett's PGN Cleanup Toolkit 1.4
A batch script which automatically cleans, normalizes & removes duplicates in pgn files in one step
- added 'resultSplit' tool by Norm Pollock which splits the pgn into white wins, black wins, draws & no result
Note: scroll to the bottom of Jim's page to find it
http://jimablett.hostwebs.com/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bearded homepage down for 33 days
Brutus homepage down for 32 days
Fianchetto homepage down for 63 days
Frenzee homepage down for 208 days (webpage down until new engine release)
Genesis homepage down for 61 days
miniMardi homepage down today (but sourceforge site is available)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 74 days
Usurper homepage down for 73 days
Smash 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

Ext JS 4 preview 4
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs4-preview/ (info)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs4-preview/download/ (download)

Firebird 2.1.4
popular open source, cross-platform SQL database that does not require an administrator
- this is a bugfix release for the older 2.1 version
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php

MySQL Community Server 5.5.10
free (Community Server Edition only!), and very popular open source SQL database
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

Visual Studio 2010 SP 1
Microsoft development environment/tools for Windows; create, debug, and deploy applications
- this service pack also works on the free 'Express' version of VS 2010
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2011/03/15/visual-studio-2010-sp1.aspx

Meaning of Colors

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

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