Update Information: September 26, 2014 (Updates)
Engine Updates
Elektro 1a (UCI)
Win32/64; Igorrit derivative
- minor improvement in time management
http://elektrochessengine.blogspot.it/
Chess News
Nothing new today
Chess Programming Blogs
Nothing new today
Wiki Page Changes
Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chess test prog
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
BitTorrent 7.9.2 (build 34312)
freeware; the original bit torrent program; for Windows only
http://www.bittorrent.com/
Calibre 2.4.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/
CCleaner 4.18
free Windows/Mac/Android registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective
uninstalls programs, system restore, drive wiper, controls startup programs, context menus, etc
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2014/9/25/ccleaner-v418 (announcement)
CDT 8.5.0
open source, fully-featured C/C++ IDE plugin for Eclipse
http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/
Eclipse 4.4.1
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more
http://www.eclipse.org/ (homepage)
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/R-4.4-201406061215/ (announcement)
Go Programming Language 1.3.2
statically-typed, compiled, simple C-like language with type inference and more
http://golang.org/
Groovy 2.3.7
open source jvm dynamic scripting language; it is a superset of the Java language
http://groovy.codehaus.org/ (homepage)
LibreOffice 4.3.2
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- LibreOffice (Document Foundation), OpenOffice (Apache), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
MariaDB 10.0.14 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/10.0.14/ (MariaDB 10.0.14 page)
PyDev 3.8.0 for Eclipse
open source Python IDE for Eclipse; can be used for Python, Jython, and IronPython development
http://pydev.org/
SeaMonkey 2.29.1
open source, all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
USBDeview 2.37
free Win32/64 utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)
Meaning of Colors
Red = New or Warning
Green = Updated
Gray = Info Only
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