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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 01:45:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Supra 14.0 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
Win32/64<br />
- increased of effect of internal iterative depening<br />
- improvement in positional arrays<br />
- extra evaluation: detailed assessment of the position of pawns<br />
- more aggressively to the enemy king<br />
- best performance in finals<br />
<a href="http://suprachesssystem.com/">http://suprachesssystem.com/</a> (English)<br />
<a href="http://www.suprachesssytem.com/">http://www.suprachesssytem.com/</a> (Portugese)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Scid On The Go 1.37 for Android</span></strong><br />
Scid database browser ported to the Android<br />
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/scidonthego/">http://code.google.com/p/scidonthego/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Down/Problem Chess Websites</strong></span> <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /></p>
<p>Bestia homepage down for 48 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
CCCP homepage down for 12 days (not found)<br />
Dann Corbit homepage down for 533 days<br />
GreKo homepage down today (a 110mb.com site)<br />
InmiChess homepage down for 7 days (no response in 60 seconds)<br />
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 48 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Porucznik homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)<br />
Revati homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)<br />
<strong>all SourceForge sites are down today (no response in 60 seconds)</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Glass website has moved to</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/glass/">http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/glass/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Hopeless website has moved to</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://hopelesschess.prv.pl/">http://hopelesschess.prv.pl/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Rodent website has moved to</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent.htm">http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent.htm</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chess Engine List</span></strong><br />
update by Ron Murawski<br />
- Glass: updated link<br />
- Hopeless: updated link<br />
- Rodent: updated link<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications</strong></span> (recent releases of free stuff)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Warnings:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color:#f00;">- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.<br />
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected<br />
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash<br />
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">DB2 Express-C 10.1.2</span></strong><br />
IBM free version of DB2 relational database without any limits on database size or number of users<br />
for Win32/64, Linux32/64, and Mac (Mac version is *beta*)<br />
limitations: 2 cores max, 4 GB RAM max, no data replication, no clustering, no backup compression, no support<br />
<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/about.html">http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/about.html</a> (description)<br />
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/DB2/FREE+Book-+Getting+Started+with+DB2+Express-C">http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/DB2/FREE+Book-+Getting+Started+with+DB2+Express-C</a> (free ebook)<br />
<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.html">http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.html</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Django 1.4.3</span></strong><br />
high-level, rapid development Python-based web framework<br />
<a href="https://www.djangoproject.com/">https://www.djangoproject.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Ext JS 4.2 Beta 1 GPL</span></strong><br />
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications<br />
- this is a *beta* release<br />
<a href="http://www.sencha.com/">http://www.sencha.com/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/">http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/</a> (info)<br />
<a href="http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/download/">http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/download/</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Flash Player 11.6.602.105</span></strong><br />
free cross-platform flash video player<br />
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/">http://www.adobe.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">FrostWire 5.5.1</span></strong><br />
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client<br />
<a href="http://www.frostwire.com/">http://www.frostwire.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Git 1.8.0.2</span></strong><br />
free, cross-platform, open source distributed version control system<br />
<a href="http://git-scm.com/">http://git-scm.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">IKVM.NET 7.2</span></strong><br />
Java VM for Mono/.NET; enables Java code/libraries to be called by Mono/.NET languages, or develop Mono/.NET apps in Java<br />
- this is the version compatible with Java 7<br />
<a href="http://www.ikvm.net/">http://www.ikvm.net/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://weblog.ikvm.net/">http://weblog.ikvm.net/</a> (announcement)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Miranda IM 0.10.9</span></strong><br />
open source instant messaging program<br />
<a href="http://www.miranda-im.org/">http://www.miranda-im.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Slax 7.0</span></strong><br />
Slackware-based Linux distro; KDE desktop; #61 in popularity<br />
<a href="http://www.slax.org/">http://www.slax.org/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Meaning of Colors</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Red = New or Warning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Green = Updated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">Gray = Info Only</span></strong></p>
<p>Engine List: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a><br />
Chess News: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.<br />
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org</span></strong></p>
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