Engine Updates

BagaturChess 1.2c (UCI)
Java source; mp
- "30 ELO stronger: optimized search by making null move heuristic a bit more aggressive"
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bagaturchess/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
BagaturChess 1.2c JA (UCI)
Win32 (Launch4J build)
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Mediocre 0.4 JA (UCI)
Java source; Win32
- a new Launch4J build
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/mediocre-04-launch4j-32-ja.zip (direct link)

ProDeo 1.74 (WB/UCI)
Win32
- "Rediscovery of some old stuff and connecting the right dots gives an excellent improvement"
- "Now 60-65 elo stronger than version 1.6"
it seems to be 29 Elo stronger than previous version (1.73)
http://www.top-5000.nl/prodeo.htm (homepage)
http://www.top-5000.nl/prodeo17.htm (download)

Supra 8.1 (UCI)
Win32
http://suprachesssystem.com/ (English)
http://www.suprachesssytem.com/ (Portugese)

Robbolito download from ChessLogik site no longer available, blaming cloning by Robert Houdart and Johandry Gonzalez Espin

Chess News

Lantern Chess 4.60 (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI by Mike Adams supporting WB & UCI for ICC online play/chat for Linux, Windows and Mac
http://www.lanternchess.com/ (homepage)
http://www.adammr.com/lanternhelp/lantern-help.html (help)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 32 days
Damas homepage down for 71 days ("Free Web Hosting Discontinued")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 161 days

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Bookup: minor edit of comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added It´s Your Turn, Inc
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- XBoard: added a comment
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

CDBurnerXP 4.4.0
open source CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software for Win32/64; recommended
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
- be careful, you will want the version *without* the 'Open Candy' advertising
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage)
http://cdburnerxp.se/download?more-options (download)

CrystalDiskInfo 4.1.4
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Drupal 7.10
open source PHP-based content management platform for websites
http://drupal.org/home

LibreOffice 3.5.0 beta
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- this is a *beta* release
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)
http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/testing/ (download)

NetBeans IDE 7.1 RC 2
open source cross-platform IDE primarily for Java-based programming languages;
(includes Java, Groovy, Clojure, Scala, C/C++, PHP, JavaFX, JavaScript, etc.)
supports normal syntax highlighting, code completion, namespace completion, etc.
all languages have debuggers, profilers and unit testing plus support for collaborative programming
- this is a *release candidate*
http://netbeans.org/ (homepage)
http://netbeans.org/community/releases/71/ (new features info)

PostgreSQL 9.1.2
open source SQL database for high performance and high availability applications
http://www.postgresql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1366/ (announcement)

Task Coach 1.3.2
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.org/

TortoiseSVN 1.7.2
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/

µTorrent 3.1 RC 7
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=105596 (3.1 forum thread)

Vala/Genie 0.15.0
Vala language resembles C# and Genie language resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
this is the *developmental* branch (beta)
- manage memory of GQueue elements
- switch atk bindings to .gir
- switch gdk-pixbuf-2.0 bindings to .gir
- switch gdk-3.0 bindings to .gir
- add libwnck-3.0 bindings
- many bug fixes and binding updates
http://www.mail-archive.com/vala-list@gnome.org/msg08120.html (announcement)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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