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<title>Update Information: December 17, 2012</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 01:40:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Delphil 2.9g x64 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
Win32/64; mp<br />
- version number unchanged<br />
- first time for new Win64 build<br />
<a href="http://delphil.perso.neuf.fr/English/index_e.htm">http://delphil.perso.neuf.fr/English/index_e.htm</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Deep Saros 3.3b (UCI)</span></strong><br />
mp (12 cpus); Win32/64; this is an IvanHoe derivative<br />
source code no longer provided<br />
- improved time manager<br />
- improved evaluation functions<br />
<a href="http://deepsaros.jimdo.com/">http://deepsaros.jimdo.com/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Opening books by Pawel Sekowski</span></strong><br />
- updated V4Vendetta2.bin opening book for Polyglot (bin file)<br />
<a href="http://sekoschess.blogspot.com/p/chess-books.html">http://sekoschess.blogspot.com/p/chess-books.html</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 55 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
CCCP homepage down for 19 days (not found)<br />
ChestUCI homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Igor Gorelikov Tools homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
InmiChess homepage down for 14 days (no response in 60 seconds)<br />
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 55 days (a 110mb.com site)<br />
Sissa homepage down for 3 days (no response in 60 seconds)<br />
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 3 days (a 110mb.com site)</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 />
- updated BigLion, Taktix, and ArcBishop website URLs<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;">Ghostery 0.9.8 for Opera</span></strong><br />
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;<br />
&quot;See who's tracking your web browsing and block them&quot;<br />
<a href="http://www.ghostery.com/download">http://www.ghostery.com/download</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Network Scanner 5.4.9</span></strong><br />
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS &amp; SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &amp;<br />
displays shared network resource types<br />
<a href="http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/">http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">NetWorx 5.2.7</span></strong><br />
free network traffic (bandwidth) monitor &amp; usage reporting w/ real-time graphs<br />
<a href="http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/">http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Process Hacker 2.29</span></strong><br />
open source; examine &amp; manipulate running Windows processes &amp; services<br />
<a href="http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/">http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Vuze 4.8.1.2</span></strong><br />
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus<br />
- silent update, version number unchanged<br />
<a href="http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php">http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">WinPython 2.7.3.2 for Win32/64</span></strong><br />
open-source portable distribution of Python for Windows<br />
allows use of different Python versions that are fully isolated from each other<br />
WinPython is the easiest way of getting Spyder IDE working on Win32/64<br />
NumPy, SciPy and Matplot are also included<br />
- this is a large file to download (223 MB)<br />
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/winpython/">http://code.google.com/p/winpython/</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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