Engine Updates

Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
Purple Haze 2.0.2 TM (WB)
C++ source; Win32
- WB protocol problems with this build (caused by source code, not by Tony)
http://www3.telus.net/tmokonen/PurpleHaze202MinGW32.rar (direct link)

Supra 11.1 (UCI)
Win32
http://suprachesssystem.com/ (English)
http://www.suprachesssytem.com/ (Portugese)

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- changed PGN programs: returned nameExtract and removed nameMatch (easier to use)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bright homepage down today
Dann Corbit homepage down for 276 days
Spark homepage down today

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- ChessDB: some comment revisions
- Chess Buddy: added another link, some comment revisions
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Play Chess Online List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- revised introductory paragraph
- InterChess: revised comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_list

Variants Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Liit
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

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.4.1.0
free, extremely fast and effective disk defragmentation & optimization program; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

BurnAware 4.8
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

ImgBurn 2.5.7.0
free CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application
http://www.imgburn.com/

JSDuck 3.8.2
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

MariaDB 5.5.22 RC 1
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
- this is a *release candidate*
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5522-release-notes (release notes)
http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.5.22/ (download)

MinGW (32-bit) Distro 9.0
open source distribution for Windows, by Stephan T Lavavej
- contains GCC 4.7.0 and Boost 1.49.0
- GCC's default mode changed to C++11
http://nuwen.net/mingw.html

PHP 5.4.1 RC 1
PHP 5.3.11 RC 1
PHP is a very popular open source scripting language mostly used for web applications
- these are *release candidates*
http://php.net/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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