Engine Updates

Purple Haze 2.0.2 (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32
- source-code-only release
- better Xboard support
- new internal iterative deepening implementation
- working material hash table
- code clean up
- code optimizations
- lot of bug fixes
- no more dependency to Boost C++ Libraries
https://github.com/vinc/purplehaze/tags (source)

Rodent 0.13 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux 64; based on Sungorus code
- added Win64 builds by Denis Mendoza and Dann Corbit today
http://www.koziol.home.pl/rodent.htm

Chess News

Chess for Android 3.1.5 (WB/UCI)
Aart Bik's free gui + chess engine for the Android
- ability to filter PGN games (on player, event, ECO, ELO rating range, or result)
- automatically re-import last UCI/Xboard engine on exit-re-entry of application
- finger sweep left or right as alternative game navigation
- minor improvements in setup position feature
http://aartbik.blogspot.com/2012/03/chess-for-android-315.html (blog)
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html (homepage and download)

occet
new engine vs engine commandline tool by Vincent Ollivier (Purple Haze)
- distributes games across all available cpu cores on network via http
- occet = 'Open Cluster for Chess Engine Testing'
- requires cutechess-cli, coffee (CoffeeScript), git, node, and npm software
https://github.com/vinc/occet

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Armageddon homepage down today (permissions problem)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 273 days

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added project page link for Chess4J
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Dabbaba
- added Zarkov (DOS version)
- added Ziggurat
- added ZZZZZZ
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

Links
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added En Passant link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:links

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Octochess
- added Texel
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added University of Pittsburgh Chess Club link
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

Autoruns 11.22
displays programs configured to run during system bootup or login, and the Windows processing order of these programs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

CCleaner 3.17
free registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective: recommended
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2012/3/26/ccleaner-v317 (announcement)

FrostWire 5.3.4
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

Lotus Symphony 3.0.1 Fix Pack 1
IBM's free word processor, spreadsheet and slideshow presenter based on the OpenOffice codebase
- new 'Fix Pack 1' available, no version number change
- "only download this file if you have Symphony 3.0.1 installed already)"
http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home (homepage)
http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/products (info)
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/search.jsp?rs=swg-normandy (downloads)

Pidgin 2.10.3
open source chat program; works with almost all chat networks
http://www.pidgin.im/ (homepage)
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog (changelog)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/ (download)

Wise Disk Cleaner 7.13
free; nagware; finds and deletes temporary/log/junk files from your PC
http://www.wisecleaner.com/wisediskcleanerfree.html

Wise Registry Cleaner 7.01
free registry cleaner; cleans incorrect or obsolete registry information
http://www.wisecleaner.com/download.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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