Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Nemo 1.0 beta JA (UCI)
Win32/64
- new engine by Michael Hoffmann and Sven Schüle
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Nemo 1.0 beta JA (UCI)
Win32/64
- new engine by Michael Hoffmann and Sven Schüle
- this download is identical to Jim Ablett's
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:nemo:index (homepage)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Stockfish 2.2.1 JA (UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac, Android
- silent update, version number unchanged
- recompile of the Windows 64 bit SSE 4.2 compile with shorter internal I.D string for compatiblity with Fritz/Chessbase gui
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Zeta Dva 0.210 JA (WB)
C source; own GUI; Win32/64, Linux32/64; supports Polyglot books
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Zeta Dva 0.210 (WB)
C source; own GUI; Win32/64, Linux32/64; supports Polyglot books
"more ply by more agressive late move reductions and fixes in razoring and futility pruning"
- Linux64 binary only
- mod in LMR
- fix in razoring
- fix in futility pruning
- mod in eval
https://github.com/smatovic/zeta_dva

Chess News

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Chess 0.5
by Larry Atkin and Peter Frey, written in 1978
Pascal source; Win32 (requires file 'cygwin1.dll', which is included); native engine (*not* WB/UCI compliant)
- console play only
- thanks to Carey Bloodworth for the bugfixed/windows compatible Pascal src code
- recompile to fix buffer overflow in eval
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Ordo 0.2
command line chess rating software (Elo-like) by Miguel A Ballicora
Win32/64, Linux32/64
https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo

Tarrasch Chess GUI V2 (UCI)
C++ source; open source Chess GUI by Bill Forster
- the project now has a public repository
http://www.triplehappy.com/ (homepage)
https://bitbucket.org/billforsternz/tarrasch-chess-gui (code repository)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Asterisk homepage down for 70 days
ChessAlex homepage is down for 23 days
Dann Corbit homepage down for 199 days

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Capture: added missing version number
- Galahad: added some links
- Kaissa: revised comment
- Rooster: added missing version number
- Wilhelm: removed from list, it did not support WB or UCI protocols
- Zarkov: added missing version number; revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- ChessGenius: revised comment
- Chess Wizard: added links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

ICGA Tournament Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added many new engines: Échec -> Zeus
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:icga_tournament_list

Private Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Ikarus: added missing author, changed author's country
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list

Private Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- CrazyChips: added to list
- Falcon: added to list
- Nemo: removed from list, it is now publicly available
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Ikarus: added to list
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_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

Adblock Plus 1.2 (Beta) for Google Chrome
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- keep in mind that Google is in the business of selling ads so, by design, Chrome resists ad suppression
- this is a *beta* release
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Adobe Reader 10.1.2
free PDF viewer
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows (Windows download)

Aptana Studio 3.0.7
web software development in an IDE supporting HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, Ruby, Rails, PHP and Python
w/ code assist, built-in debugging, Git intergration, built-in ftp and more
http://www.aptana.com/

C Containers Library
C library to perform STL-like duties (containers, iterators, etc) with nice usage syntax
this is a proposed addition to the standard C library
- silent update, no version change (no version numbering at all)
- make sure you download the ccl.pdf doc file for usage instructions
http://code.google.com/p/ccl/downloads/list

CrystalDiskInfo 4.2.0 Beta 2b
open source hard drive monitoring/warning/alarm system using SMART technology
- this is a *beta* release
- security alert: watch out for the OpenCandy ads, use adfree Portable Edition instead
http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en

Game Booster 3.2
free; increases performance by temporarily shutting down background processes and maximizing available RAM
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html (homepage)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d5952.html (download)

GPartEd Live 0.11.0-7
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

Komodo Edit 7.0.0 c2
free cross-platform programmer's editor for JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl
http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads

Maqetta Preview 4
open source visual authoring system of HTML5 user interfaces - in the browser
this is a *preview* version (beta)
http://maqetta.org/

MySQL Community Server 5.5.20
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

Network Scanner 5.3.2
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

NetWorx 5.2.2
free network traffic (bandwidth) monitor & usage reporting w/ real-time graphs
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

PHP 5.3.9
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Scala.NET 2012-01-12
Scala is a powerful OO, imperative/functional .NET/Mono language for professional programmers w/Actors for concurrency
- first time listed here
- this project is in alpha stage, still with a lot of Java baggage
http://lamp.epfl.ch/~magarcia/ScalaNET/ (homepage)
https://github.com/magarciaEPFL/scaladotnet/downloads (download)

Scala IDE 2.0.0 for Eclipse
- first time listed here
- this IDE is for the jvm-based Scala language
http://scala-ide.org/

µTorrent 3.1 (build 26650)
very popular and fast open source BitTorrent client
http://www.utorrent.com/ (homepage)
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=109914 (3.1 forum thread)

VirtualBox 4.0.16
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
- this is an update to an older version, latest version is 4.1.8
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Wireshark 1.6.5
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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