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Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux builds
TSCP 1.81e JA (WB)
C source; Win32, Linux32
- silent update, version number unchanged
- add three Windows test versions with src code intended for didactic purposes by Pedro Castro Elgarresta (Danasah)
- TSCP1 has an optimized attack function
- TSCP2 has a SEE function
- TSCP3 has a badCapture function
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5047625/gull-II-beta2-64-ja.zip (direct link)

Soldat III 0.168 (WB)
C source (Italian comments); Win32
http://www.g-sei.org/soldat/

Chess News

Lucas Chess 7.0 dev 4
"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
- this is a *developmental* (beta) release
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/ (homepage)
https://code.google.com/p/lucaschess/downloads/list (download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Dann Corbit homepage down for 473 days
GreKo homepage down for 10 days (a 110mb.com site)
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 10 days (a 110mb.com site)
Pyotr homepage down for 10 days (no response in 60 seconds)

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chessmaude: moved to Developable / Discontinued / Faulty / Incomplete Chess GUIs section
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Chess Program (DOS) - Simple Chess Program (DOS) - SmartBoard Chess Program (DOS)
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

Avant Browser 2012 Build 186
free web browser designed to expand Internet Explorer features
http://www.avantbrowser.com/

Calibre 0.9.2
cross-platform open source ebook manager for all popular ebook readers with format conversion,
news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Cobra 0.9.1
.NET language with GC w/ oo (lambda/closures/etc), qa, expressive, static/dynamic compiled/scripting
http://cobra-language.com/

Feng Office 2.2.0
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

Firefox 16.0.1
popular, free, open source browser; recommended!
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

GPartEd Live 0.14.0-1 Stable
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

NetBeans IDE 7.2 Patch 1
open source cross-platform IDE used primarily for Java-based programming languages;
(supportss C/C++, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Java, Groovy, etc.)
supports syntax highlighting, code completion, object browsing, refactoring, etc.
all languages have debuggers, profilers and unit testing plus support for collaborative programming
- this is a bugfix patch
http://netbeans.org/ (homepage)
http://netbeans.org/community/releases/72/ (new features info)
http://netbeans.dzone.com/news/netbeans-ide-72-smarter-faster (DZone new features info)
http://netbeans.org/community/releases/72/relnotes.html (release notes)

Network Scanner 5.4.7
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Parted Magic 2012_10_10
open source partition editor, virus/rootkit scanner, hard drive cloner, and hard drive & RAM tester; recommended
http://partedmagic.com/

SeaMonkey 2.13
open source all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Snowlinux 3.1
Debian/Ubuntu-based distro; desktops: GNOME 2, Xfce, E17; #13 in popularity
- this is a bugfix update
http://www.snowlinux.de/

Thunderbird 16.0.1
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

TThrottle 6.20
free Windows laptop utility to keep cpu/gpu temperature down by throtttling performance
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/

Meaning of Colors

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

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