Engine Updates

Dreamer 0.2.1, RC 1 (WB)
C source; own GUI; Linux; engine is part of DreamChess 2D/3D GUI
- source-code only release (tar.gz file)
- this is a *release candidate*
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dreamchess/files/dreamchess/Git/

Neurone XX (WB)
Win32 only; older versions were Win32/64; older versions require .NET 3.5 or later, new versions need .NET 2.0
- added learning feature
- bugfixes
- optimizations
http://www.g-sei.org/?p=281
http://www.g-sei.org/neurone-3/

Chess News

WinBoard 4.7.2 Chess GUI (WB/UCI)
XBoard 4.7.2 Chess GUI (WB/UCI)
open source Chess GUI maintained and improved by HG Muller
http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/ (XBoard)
http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.2/index.html (changelog)
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=51528 (WinBoard)
http://hgm.nubati.net/WinBoard-4.7.2.exe (WinBoard direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Aart Bik pages down today (BikJump, Chess for Android, etc)
Alex WBTM homepage down for 38 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 53 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 29 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 53 days (502 error: bad gateway)
Hamsters homepage down for 17 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 17 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 53 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 37 days (a multimania site)
Spark homepage down for 29 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 2 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 38 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 118 days (not found)

Wiki Changes

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added YChess Endgame Generator
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Frittle
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Winboard/Xboard: added a link
- WinBoard (old): updated a link, removed a link
- YChess: added a link and a comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Gambit: updated link and comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_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

Akka 2.2.1
open source library for Scala or other JVM languages; gives developers a simpler programming
model to develop highly reliable asynchronous, non-blocking applications for concurrent or
parallel operation using Actors, STM & Transactors; multi-core scalable and fault-tolerant
http://akka.io/

LibreOffice 4.1.1
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

SMPlayer 0.8.6
cross-platform graphical interface for MPlayer media player
http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/

SQLite 3.8.0.1
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- fixed some obscure bugs
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_8_0_1.html (changelog)

Meaning of Colors

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

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