Engine Updates

Pedone 0.1 (WB)
Win32/64, Linux64
after a long initialization, new version crashes on my WinXP computer!
silent update, version number unchanged
- fixed initialization of the interface
- in search always finds the shortest sequence of moves to get to checkmate
- reduced the size of the executable
http://www.g-sei.org/pedone/

Rodent 1.2 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, limit strength; originally based on Sungorus code; supports Polyglot opening book
- new opening book, engine not updated
http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent.htm

Chess News

XBoard 4.7.2 for Mac (WB)
this is a build of the latest XBoard by 'Darklord42' (Joshua Pettus)
- silent update, version number unchanged
- some minor changes
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=52964 (announcement)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50486448/Xboard%204.7.2%20-%20OSX.dmg (direct link)

Chess Blog Articles

Nothing new today

Wiki Changes

Nothing new today

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

Feng Office 2.4.0
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

Ghostery 5.0.6 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

OpenMandriva Lx 2013.0
Linux distro based on Mandriva; KDE desktop; #44 in popularity
http://openmandriva.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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