Engine Updates

Supra 1.1.8 (UCI)
Win32; separate Win32 build for Windows 7
- "Supra 1.1.8 win about 85% against Supra 1.1.7a"
http://suprachesssystem.com/

Chess News

Stockfish 2.4 for iOS
this is the version for the iPhone/iPad/iPod
- new "Move list" menu item brings up a clickable move list from which you can easily jump easily to any location in the current game
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stockfish-chess/id305558605?mt=8

UFTE 1.0 (WB/UCI)
UFTE - Ultra Fast Tournament Environment by Onno Garms
command line interface for playing high-speed games; supports WB & UCI
http://www.onnochess.com/index.html?ufte.html

Writing your own chess program (Winglet)
A step-by-step guide for writing and improving your own bitboard chess engine by Stef Luijten
- for C++ programmers
- lots more info added today
http://www.sluijten.com/winglet/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

BabyChess homepage down for 6 days (404: page not found)
Bearded homepage down for 64 days
ChessMind homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Darmenios homepage down for 2 days (502: bad gateway)
Firefly homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Frenzee homepage down for 239 days (purposely down until new engine release)
SharpChess homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Sorgenkind homepage down for 105 days
Typhoon homepage down for 31 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Usurper homepage down for 104 days (no response in 60 seconds)
ChessAlex homepage back up

Wiki Changes

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- consolidated Aart Bik links
- improved several links and comments
- removed XerCom Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Potatochess
- added SNChessPlayer
- added wxAjedrez
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- page extensively modified and each variant has its own group now
- improved several links and comments
- added BCMShogi
- added GNUShogi
- added Jian- pu's Chinese Chess
- added Kifu Shogi
- added MRSD
- added PlayXiangqi
- added Qianhong Xiangqi
- added Samurai Chess
- added Shogi Variants
- added Shotest Shogi
- added TJ Xiangqi
- added TSITO Chinese Chess Engine
- added VSCCP
- added XieXie Master
- added YSS - Zenpukun
- added Yutopian Chinese Chess
- added 9 KnightMate/KnightRider links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_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

Calibre 0.7.55
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

GIMP 2.7.2
Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP); retouch photos, create drawings & renderings, etc.
- Windows builds not available yet
http://www.gimp.org/

jQuery 1.6 Beta 1
cross-browser, open source JavaScript library that simplifies client-side scripting of HTML
http://jquery.com/ (homepage)

LibreOffice 3.4.0 Beta 1
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
"The OpenOffice.org trademark is owned by Oracle Corporation"
"Since Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems, the [OpenOffice] Community has been under 'notice to quit'"
Oracle wants to make OpenOffice into a commercial product with closed source
- this is a *beta* candidate
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/ (download)

Note: Oracle has announced that it intends OpenOffice.org to become a "purely community-based open source project" and that it plans to no longer offer a commercial version of OpenOffice
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Oracle-Announces-Its-Intention-to-Move-OpenOfficeorg-to-a-Community-Based-Project-NAS...

Maqetta Preview 1
open source visual authoring system of HTML5 user interfaces - in the browser
this is a *preview* version (beta)
http://maqetta.org/
http://maqetta.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=9 (announcement)
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/IBM-Launches-Maqetta-HTML5-Tool-as-OpenSource-Answer-to-Flash-Silverlight-66... (news story)

Wireshark 1.4.5
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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