Engine Updates

Jim Ablett Win/Linux/Android builds
Abulafia 0.63 JA (UCI)
Haskell source; Win32
https://github.com/nionita/Abulafia (code repository)
http://jimablett.atwebpages.com/

Jim Ablett Win/Linux/Android builds
DiscoCheck 4.3 JA (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Android
https://github.com/lucasart/chess (code repository)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5047625/discocheck-43-ja.zip (direct link)

Jim Ablett Win/Linux/Android builds
Shallow rev. 688 JA (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
https://github.com/dimock/chess (code repository)
http://jimablett.atwebpages.com/

Chess News

Chess Engines for Android
Aart Bik's collection of engines that run on his Chess For Android Chess GUI
- Cinnamon 1.1
- DiscoCheck 4.3
- VirutorChess 1.1.1
http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/eng.html

Scid vs. PC Chess GUI (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
- new support file: Snack for Win32
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/ (downloads)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Bestia homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
Darky homepage down for 2 days (not found)
Fianchetto homepage down for 8 days (502: bad gateway)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 8 days (a 110mb.com site)
Wing homepage down for 73 days (not found)

Wiki Changes

Nothing new today

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

Feng Office 2.3.1 RC 1
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

Git 1.8.3.3
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

Jenkins 1.524
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

NetBeans IDE 7.4, Beta 1
open source cross-platform IDE used primarily for Java-based programming languages;
(supports 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 *beta* release
http://netbeans.org/ (homepage)

PCLinuxOS 2013.07
independent, rolling-release Linux distro; KDE desktop; #7 in popularity
- this might be the easiest Linux distro for people who are only familiar with Windows
http://www.pclinuxos.com/

SUPER Video Converter 2013 build 57
free multimedia encoder/converter and player
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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