Engine Updates

EXchess 6.30 Beta (WB)
C++ source; own GUI; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; limit strength
- added own GUI download option for Windows and Mac
http://personal.denison.edu/%7Ehomand/EXchess.htm

Komodo 5 (UCI)
commercial; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; own GUI (Tarrasch Chess GUI); limit strength
- 32-bit builds updated
http://komodochess.com/

Rotor 0.7 (UCI)
Win32, Mac, Android
- Windows download points to old version?
http://home.kpn.nl/f2hjbrouwer120/index.html

Chess News

Chess for Android 4.0 (WB/UCI)
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/ (blog)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html (homepage and download)

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN programs: summary, nameList - (added options)
- updated PGN databases: now in 4 files; content unchanged
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 393 days
DeepDuke homepage down for 22 days (SourceForge project page is okay)
Denis Mendoza engine builds page down for 9 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Norbert Raimund Leisner List down for 9 days (no response in 60 seconds)

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

Ghostery 2.8.0.2 for Firefox
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets
on every web page you visit; "See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

Linux Mint 13 "KDE"
Ubuntu-based Linux distribution; #1 in popularity; uses KDE desktop
http://linuxmint.com/

Wireshark 1.8.1
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

WordWeb Free 6.8
free dictionary/thesaurus for Windows; look up words from almost any program
http://wordweb.info/free/

Meaning of Colors

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

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