Engine Updates

Nothing new today

Chess News

Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Armageddon homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Bestia homepage down for 11 days (a 110mb.com site)
ChestUCI homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 496 days
DreamChess homepage down today (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 11 days (a 110mb.com site)
Norm Pollock site down for 6 days (no response in 60 seconds)
O'Chess homepage down for 11 days (not found)
Powder homepage down for 10 days (project removed?)
Pulsar homepage down for 9 days (not found)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
Tony's Chess homepage down for 11 days (a 110mb.com site)

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Pulsar: added alternative download link
- O'Chess: added alternative download link
- Glider Chess: added to 'Someday Announcement Engine List'
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Private Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- added Durandal, Leonidas, Nebula, Serena, and WhiskySoda
- removed LUCI, it is replaced by Durandal
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list

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

DragonFly BSD 3.2.1
a cutting-edge Linux distribution based on FreeBSD 4, enhanced with a high performance
HAMMER journaling filesystem; virtual kernels that are inherently deadlock-free;
desktops: Fluxbox, JWM, KDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #89 in popularity
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/ (homepage)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/features/ (unique features)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/release32/ (release notes)

FreeFileSync 5.9
open source Win32/64 & Linux folder comparison and synchronization tool; recommended
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/

UltraDefrag 6.0.0 Beta 1
open source defrag program for Windows
- this is a *beta* release
http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/en/index.html

Meaning of Colors

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

Engine List: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list
Chess News: http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list

NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org