Update Information: February 5, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Jose M Velasco Win64 builds
TwinFish 0.07 (UCI)
not a serious engine
- just a slightly modified Stockfish with changed piece-square tables
http://motorchess.blogspot.com.es/2014/02/twinfish-007.html
Chess News
Nothing new today
Chess Programming Blogs
Nothing new today
Wiki Changes
GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- WinBoard/XBoard: updated a link
- edits to Java section
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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
Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.44
free cross-platform flash video player
- fixes an important zero-day security vulnerability
http://www.adobe.com/
Qt Creator IDE 3.0.1
open source cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and JavaScript
Features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion, function call tips, more
although the IDE encourages using Qt libraries, the choice is not forced
http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/downloads#qt-creator (download)
Qt Libraries 5.2.1
open source, cross-platform windowing system / GUI builder / C++ library; the Windows package
includes a Visual Studio add-in
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads
Tails 0.22.1
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #38 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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