Engine Updates

Soldat III 0.159c (WB)
C source (Italian comments); Win32
- first update since 2002!
http://www.g-sei.org/soldat/

Chess News

Kvetka 3.15.1 Chess GUI (UCI)
designed for game viewing and analysis; several plug-ins available; available in a portable version
http://kvetka.org/en/

Lucas Chess 6.4c
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Open source (Python); Win32
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Ordo 0.5.1
command line chess rating software (Elo-like) by Miguel A Ballicora
Win32/64, Linux32/64
- fixed a small bug in the PGN report at loading
https://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/ordo

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Chiron homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Dann Corbit homepage down for 429 days
Tornado homepage down for 8 days (programmer has purposely removed his page)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Hiarcs Chess Explorer moved from Developable/Incomplete section to main section and info expanded
- Shredder UCI: some links updated
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Dark Knight
- added Rotor
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

Software For Solving Chess Problems / Puzzles / Endgame Studies
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Brutalis
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:software_for_solving_chess_problems

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

Aptana Studio 3.2.2 RC 1
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
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.aptana.com/

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.5.0.10
free, extremely fast and effective disk defragmentation & optimization program; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Firefox 15.0
popular, free, open source browser; recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

MariaDB 5.3.8 Stable
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 updates an older version of the database
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-538-release-notes (release notes)

SeaMonkey 2.12
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Task Coach 1.3.18
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.org/

Thunderbird 15.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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