Update Information: January 16, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Pulse Chess 1.0.0 (UCI)
new didactic engine by Phokham Nonava (Flux Chess)
Java source
- available as source code only
https://github.com/fluxroot/pulse (code repo)
https://github.com/fluxroot/pulse/releases (download)
Chess News
Java Chess Protocol Interface (JCPI)
this is a reference implementation of UCI protocol written in Java
- useful for Java chess engine programmers only
https://github.com/fluxroot/jcpi
Chess Programming Blogs
Nothing new today
Wiki Changes
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Winboard/XBoard: added a comment with a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list
Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Capa chess: added a comment
- Java Frittle Chess: added a comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_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
Dart 1.1.1
Google web programming language; language transpiles into Javascript code
http://www.dartlang.org/
Feng Office 2.5.0.1
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)
Network Scanner 5.5.5
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/
Password Safe 3.33
open source encrypted password database utility; a single key unlocks all passwords
http://sourceforge.net/projects/passwordsafe/ (project)
http://pwsafe.org/ (homepage)
qBittorrent 3.1.5
open source cross-platform Bittorrent client
http://www.qbittorrent.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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