Engine Updates

Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
Markovian ??? TM (WB)
C source, some Python for testing; Win32, Linux32
- first time Windows build
- version number is not specified
http://tmokonen.net84.net/ (Tony Mokonen page)

Waxman 2013 (WB)
Win32
- further adventures in mildly selective searching
- static exchange evaluation in quiescence search to weed out losing captures without actually searching them
- as a bonus, SEE also identifies unlikely-looking winning exchanges
http://www.waxman2008.com/whatsnew.html

Chess News

ChessGUI 0.245a (WB/UCI)
Chess GUI/tournament manager by Matthias Gemuh; there is a separate download for a portable build
http://w2410tmq9.homepage.t-online.de/ (secondary link)
http://biglion.bplaced.net/ (homepage and download)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 8 days (not found)
Bestia homepage down for 23 days (a 110mb.com site)
Denis Mendoza builds page down for 5 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Fianchetto homepage down for 23 days (502: bad gateway)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 23 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 7 days (no response in 60 seconds)
Norbert Raimund Leisner List page down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Stockfish homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
T-Rex homepage down for 8 days (not found)
Wing homepage down for 88 days (not found)

Toga Returns homepage, according to AVG, is infected with malware

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- updated pages: face, participants, and edition_12
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

Linux Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added MorphyChess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

SMP Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Markovian
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_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

Adblock Plus 2.3.2 for Firefox
Adblock Plus 1.5.3 for Chrome and Opera
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2013.3392
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2013

Bazaar 2.6.0
free, easy-to-use open source distributed version control system
http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/

Calibre 0.9.41
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/

Data Crow 3.11.1
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

Foxit Reader 6.0.6
free Windows pdf viewer; faster render than Adobe, less bloat; recommended
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

jEdit 5.1.0
open source, cross-platform programmer's text editor; supports many languages; extensive plugins
http://www.jedit.org/

Jenkins 1.526
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

MySQL Community Server 5.6.13
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/ (reference manual)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.6/en/news-5-6-13.html (release notes)
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

Notepad++ 6.4.3
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

phpMyAdmin 4.0.4.2
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Process Hacker 2.31
open source; examine & manipulate running Windows processes & services
http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/

Puppy Linux -- Precise 5.7
Puppy is a popular (#10) and easy-to-learn, easy-to-use Linux distribution
Open source, boots from a CD (your Windows installation is unchanged) w/ simple instruction manual
old, slow computers run very well using Puppy's all-in-memory Linux kernel
There are many versions of Puppy available, each with a specific purpose
You don't necessarily use the latest release, you use the version with the software you want
You will need to know how to burn a disk from an ISO image
- Precise Puppy is binary-compatible with Ubuntu LTS 12.04.1
- Wary Puppy is intended to run on older hardware
- Racy Puppy is a mod of Wary Puppy, supporting the newest machines
- Slacko Puppy can use Puppy, Slackware, Salix, or Slacky software repositories
- Fatdog64 is a 64-bit Puppy distro; it is larger than most other Puppys
http://puppylinuxnews.org/ (news)
http://puppylinux.org/ (PuppyLinux homepage)
http://bkhome.org/blog2/?viewDetailed=00340 (release announcement)
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/precise-5.7/release-Precise-5.7.htm (release notes)

PyPy3 2.1, Beta 1 (Python)
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
for Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64, & ARM
- this is a *beta* release
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)
http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/release-pypy3-2.1.0-beta1.html (what's new)

qBittorrent 3.0.11
open source cross-platform Bittorrent client
http://www.qbittorrent.org/

Scala 2.10.2
a powerful OO, imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/Actors for concurrency
http://www.scala-lang.org/

Task Coach 1.3.31
open source cross-platform desktop todo manager with task or calendar viewing, project tracking, etc
http://www.taskcoach.org/

USBDeview 2.25
free Win32/64 utility to list all USB devices ever connected to computer; can uninstall any USB drivers local or remote
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html (homepage)
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip (direct download)

VLC Media Player 2.0.8
open source, cross-platform multimedia player (audio/video)
http://www.videolan.org/

XAMPP for Windows 1.8.2
XAMPP for Windows 1.8.3
open source web-server (Apache), SQL database (MySQL) w/ admin, PHP, ftp server, Tomcat, & more
this is probably the easiest way to install a working, web-aware PHP into Windows
- v1.8.2: PHP 5.4
- v1.8.3: PHP 5.5
- v1.8.3: Win2003 & WinXP *not* supported
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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