Update Information: August 13, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Betsabé II 1.47 (WB/UCI)
Win32; originally based on MiniMAX
- no source code; older versions had source
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/download/file.php?id=32674 (direct link)
Deepov ?? (??)
new source-code-only engine by Romain Goussault
Java source; incomplete
- engine discovered by Norbert Raimund Leisner
https://github.com/RomainGoussault/Deepov
Chess News
ChessPartner 8
commercial engine + chess GUI for Windows
http://www.lokasoft.nl/chesspartner-8.aspx
Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- update #040
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htm
Chess Programming Blogs
Nothing new today
Wiki Page Changes
updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner
GUI Protocol List
- SCID: added a link
- PyUCI: expanded comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list
Links
- added Eric Warolus - Les échecs éléctroniques (French)
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links
Mobile Chess List
- added ChessDB for iOS
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_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
Adblock Plus 1.2 for Internet Explorer
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/
Adobe Reader 11.0.08
free, somewhat bloated PDF viewer
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows (Windows download)
Any Video Converter 5.6.6
Windows/Mac freeware/commercial multimedia converter
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/
Auslogics Registry Cleaner 7.1.1.0
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/
Data Crow 4.0.4
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, chess, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)
FileZilla Client 3.9.0.3
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended
http://filezilla-project.org/
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1 (downloads)
FrostWire 5.7.5
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/
Go Programming Language 1.3.1
statically-typed, compiled, simple C-like language with type inference and more
http://golang.org/
GPU-Z 0.7.9
free utility: information about your video card and GPU
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ (info)
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2360/techpowerup-gpu-z-v0-7-8/ (download)
MariaDB 10.0.13 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra DB engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features vs MySQL)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-100 (What is MariaDB 10.0?)
http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.0.13/ (MariaDB 10.0.13 page)
PeaZip 5.4.1
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/5.4.1/ (5.4.1 downloads)
SuperAntiSpyware 6.0.1130
removes spyware, adware and malware; Windows only; no resident scanning for free version
http://www.superantispyware.com/
System Explorer 5.9.2
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graph/monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/
ToDoList 6.9, Beta 7
free todo list / calendar program with nestable todos, recurring reminders, Gantt charts, etc
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.abstractspoon.com/
TortoiseGit 1.8.10.0
Win or Mac client for Git version control system
http://tortoisegit.org/
TortoiseSVN 1.8.8
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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