diff --git a/doc/Download.html b/doc/Download.html
index 8e6607b04..b546b5087 100644
--- a/doc/Download.html
+++ b/doc/Download.html
@@ -35,20 +35,20 @@ You can <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html">download the Java
 </p>
 
 <p><b>Latest Release:</b>
-The latest YaCy release version is 0.391<br>
+The latest YaCy release version is 0.394<br>
 Nightly builds from compiles out of SVN can be obtained from <a href="http://devbin.yacy-forum.de/">http://devbin.yacy-forum.de/</a>.<br>
 <p>Main releases of YaCy are hosted on <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy/">yacy.net</a>, <a href="http://developer.berlios.de/projects/yacy/">yacy@BerliOS.de</a> and <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/yacyproxy/">yacy@freshmeat.net</a>.<br>
 Download Mirrors and YaCy Flavours:
 <ul>
   <li>Generic release of YaCy (all platforms with J2SE 1.4.2: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris):</li>
   <ul>
-    <li><tt>from yacy.net&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;: <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy/release/yacy_v0.391_20050726_434.tar.gz"><tt>yacy_v0.391_20050726_434.tar.gz</tt></a></tt></li>
-    <li><tt>from BerliOS.de&nbsp;: <a href="http://download.berlios.de/yacy/yacy_v0.391_20050726_434.tar.gz"><tt>yacy_v0.391_20050726_434.tar.gz</tt></a></tt></li>
+    <li><tt>from yacy.net&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;: <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy/release/yacy_v0.394_20050803_489.tar.gz"><tt>yacy_v0.394_20050803_489.tar.gz</tt></a></tt></li>
+    <li><tt>from BerliOS.de&nbsp;: <a href="http://download.berlios.de/yacy/yacy_dev_v0.394_20050803_489.tar.gz"><tt>yacy_v0.394_20050803_489.tar.gz</tt></a></tt></li>
   </ul>
   <li>Windows-flavour release of YaCy (same code as generic release, but with convenient Windows-Installer):</li>
   <ul>
-    <li><tt>from yacy.net&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;: <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy/release/yacy_v0.391_20050726_434.exe"><tt>yacy_v0.391_20050726_434.exe</tt></a></tt></li>
-    <li><tt>from BerliOS.de&nbsp;: <a href="http://download.berlios.de/yacy/yacy_v0.391_20050726_434.exe"><tt>yacy_v0.391_20050726_434.exe</tt></a></tt></li>
+    <li><tt>from yacy.net&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;: <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy/release/yacy_v0.394_20050803_489.exe"><tt>yacy_v0.394_20050803_489.exe</tt></a></tt></li>
+    <li><tt>from BerliOS.de&nbsp;: <a href="http://download.berlios.de/yacy/yacy_v0.394_20050803_489.exe"><tt>yacy_v0.394_20050803_489.exe</tt></a></tt></li>
   </ul>
 </ul>
 </p>
diff --git a/htroot/Network.java b/htroot/Network.java
index cfbc918d2..cd036ff72 100644
--- a/htroot/Network.java
+++ b/htroot/Network.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class Network {
             // generate table
             int page = Integer.parseInt(post.get("page", "1"));
             int conCount = 0;
-            int maxCount = 500;
+            int maxCount = 300;
             if (yacyCore.seedDB == null) {
                 prop.put("table", 0);//no remote senior/principal proxies known"
             } else {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public class Network {
                     HashMap updatedWiki = new HashMap();
                     HashMap isCrawling = new HashMap();
                     int availableNews = yacyCore.newsPool.size(yacyNewsPool.INCOMING_DB);
-                    if (availableNews > 500) availableNews = 500;
+                    if (availableNews > 300) availableNews = 300;
                     yacyNewsRecord record;
                     try {
                         for (int c = availableNews - 1; c >= 0; c--) {
diff --git a/htroot/News.java b/htroot/News.java
index e9ecbd431..ca9e7f277 100644
--- a/htroot/News.java
+++ b/htroot/News.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class News {
                 
             } else {
                 int maxCount = yacyCore.newsPool.size(tableID);
-                if (maxCount > 500) maxCount = 500;
+                if (maxCount > 300) maxCount = 300;
                 
                 yacyNewsRecord record;
                 yacySeed seed;
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
index 2725e5934..43d8de62a 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class yacyNewsPool {
         synchronized (incomingNews) {
             for (int i = incomingNews.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                 record = incomingNews.top(i);
-                if (automaticProcessP(record)) {
+                if ((i > 500) || (automaticProcessP(record))) {
                     incomingNews.pop(i);
                     processedNews.push(record);
                     //newsDB.remove(id);
@@ -158,12 +158,16 @@ public class yacyNewsPool {
     
     private boolean automaticProcessP(yacyNewsRecord record) {
         if (record == null) return false;
+        if ((yacyCore.universalTime() - record.created().getTime()) > (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7) /* 1 Week */) {
+	    // remove everything after 1 week
+            return true;
+        }
         if ((record.category().equals("wiki_upd")) &&
-            (yacyCore.universalTime() - record.created().getTime() > 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 /* 1 Day */)) {
+            ((yacyCore.universalTime() - record.created().getTime()) > (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24) /* 1 Day */)) {
             return true;
         }
         if ((record.category().equals("crwlstrt")) &&
-            (yacyCore.universalTime() - record.created().getTime() > 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 /* 1 Day */)) {
+            ((yacyCore.universalTime() - record.created().getTime()) > (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24) /* 1 Day */)) {
             yacySeed seed = yacyCore.seedDB.get(record.originator());
             try {
                 return (Integer.parseInt(seed.get("ISpeed", "-")) < 10);