Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Ifrit m1.6 JA (UCI)
C++ source (Russian language comments); Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
- ported source code to GCC
- new Android compile
http://jimablett.net63.net/

Portfish Beta 1 (UCI)
C# source; requires .NET or Mono framework
"Portfish is the .Net port of Stockfish, functionally equal to Stockfish 2012 may 1, commit 2f47844c7c"
- new download file: PortfishNet45_x64_testBuild.zip
this new build requires the latest .NET 4.5 framework
https://github.com/bpfliegel/Portfish
https://github.com/downloads/bpfliegel/Portfish/PortfishNet45_x64_testBuild.zip (direct link)

Purple Haze 2.0.3 (WB)
C++ source
- this is a source-code-only release
https://github.com/vinc/purplehaze

Chess News
Nothing new today

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 11 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 7 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 318 days
Lokasoft down today (Chess Tiger, Ktulu, SmarThink, etc)
Surprise homepage down for 3 days (server is misconfigured)

Wiki Changes

Geko Page
update by Ron Murawski
- added GekoChess standalone chess engine + GUI for Win32
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:geko:index

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

FBackup 4.7.270
free, simple backup program for personal or commercial use
http://www.fbackup.com/

JSDuck 3.10.1
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

OpenOffice 3.4.0
open source word processing, database, spreadsheet, chart, math formula editor, etc
OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.openoffice.org/ (homepage)
http://www.openoffice.org/news/aoo34.html (announcement)

Opera 11.64
open source web browser: the most standards-compliant rendering
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PeaZip 4.5.1
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/4.5.1/ (4.5.1 download)

Python Tools for Visual Studio 1.5 Alpha
free, open source Python IDE plugin supporting CPython and IronPython; NumPy & SciPy;
parallel & clustering support; debugging; profiling; more
- this is an *alpha* release
- "Support for Djano! Create, Edit, Debug, Intellisense support for Django apps, FastCGI, ... "
http://pytools.codeplex.com/

Shedskin 0.9.2-2
Python to C++ compiler; compiler included in package
"a typical speedup of 2-200 times over standard CPython"
http://code.google.com/p/shedskin/

Meaning of Colors

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

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