Engine Updates

Magic 1.5 (UCI)
engine by Matthew R Brades, based on FirstChess by Pham Hong Nguyen
C++ source
- this is a source-code-only release
http://www.thelumpit.net/magic.zip (direct link)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
Octochess r4638 JA (WB)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
- these are builds of the latest released version by the author
http://jimablett.net63.net/

SecondChess 0.1 (WB)
engine by E Diaz, based on FirstChess by Pham Hong Nguyen
C source; Linux32/64
- this is a didactic engine, written for code clarity
- castling and ep moves added
- the Linux builds are new, a Win32 build was available previously
https://github.com/pocopito/secondchess

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- PGN database: added gm1981.pgn (games between top human players 1981-2006)
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chad's Chess homepage down for 24 days (provider has discontinued free website hosting)
ChessMind homepage down for 20 days ("Server not found")
Dann Corbit homepage down for 331 days

Wiki Changes

Private Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
- removed Magic, it is now public
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_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

Cobian Backup 11.2.0.563
free multi-threaded Win32/64 backup; supports ftp upload/download, compression, encryption, backup of locked files
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

JSDuck 3.10.5
open source JavaScript documentation generator
https://github.com/nene/jsduck

Lunascape 6.7.1 for Windows
free browser with all 3 major rendering engines: IE(Trident)+Firefox(Gecko)+Chrome/Safari(Webkit)
developers can preview web pages side-by-side using the 3 different rendering engines
http://www.lunascape.tv/

NetBeans IDE 7.2 Beta
open source cross-platform IDE primarily for Java-based programming languages;
(supportss C/C++, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Java, Groovy, 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 *beta* release
http://netbeans.org/ (homepage)
http://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1557.html (annoucement)
http://netbeans.org/community/releases/72/ (new features info)

Zero Install 1.7.1 for Windows
open source, decentralized cross-distribution software installation system
"Create one package that works everywhere; with dependency handling and
automatic updates" Zero Install programs are fetched at runtime the first time
and run from your cache subsequently
http://0install.net/faq.html (FAQ)
http://0install.de/?lang=en

Meaning of Colors

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

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NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
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