Engine Updates

José M Velasco builds
Absolute Zero (UCI)
by Zong Zheng Li
C# source; own GU; Win32/64
- "By default it runs with its own GUI but it supports the UCI protocol when given the -u command-line parameter."
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3vrt6oh7xdtrpbb/absolute.7z (direct link)
https://github.com/zongzhengli/Absolute-Zero (source)

Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
Barbarossa 0.0.1 (UCI)
by Nicu Ionita (Abulafia)
Haskell source
https://github.com/nionita/Barbarossa (source)
http://tmokonen.net84.net/ (download)

Gladiator 0.0.1 (WB)
by David Garcinuño Enríquez
Java source, cross-platform jar file
https://github.com/dagaren/gladiator-chess

NG-Play 9.4 (WB)
C source; Win32/64
http://users.otenet.gr/~yggeorgo/

Rodent 1.1 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64; limit strength; based on Sungorus code
- "strength improvement is modest, about 20 Elo"
- more conservative king safety function
- LMR scheme borrowed from Stockfish
- tuned passed pawn eval
- a couple of small eval tweaks
http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent.htm

Chess News

Hiarcs Opening Book
- commercial opening book is updated (for paying book customers)
http://www.hiarcs.com/

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 70 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 85 days (a 110mb.com site)
Bright homepage down for 61 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Fianchetto homepage down for 85 days (502 error: bad gateway)
Hamsters homepage down for 49 days (not found)
Kiwi homepage down for 49 days (not found)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 85 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 69 days (a multimania site)
Sharper homepage down today (no response in 60 seconds)
Spark homepage down for 61 days ("webspace-user is unknown")
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 16 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 70 days (a multimania site)
Wing homepage down for 150 days (not found)
Toga Returns homepage has been hacked and is dangerous to visit

Wiki Changes

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added SillyChess logo
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

Native Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- removed Pablo
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

Online Databases / Game Collections List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added MillBase in Scid format
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:online_databases_game_collections_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

Avidemux 2.6.6
open source, cross-platform video editor and audio/video transcoder
http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux

Ext JS 4.2.1 GPL
free version of the open source cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich internet applications
http://www.sencha.com/ (homepage)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/ (info)
http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/download/ (download)

Feng Office 2.3.2.1
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

FreeBSD 9.2
Independent Linux distro; desktops: AfterStep, Blackbox, Enlightenment,
Fluxbox, GNOME, IceWM, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #15 in popularity
http://www.freebsd.org/

Manjaro Linux 0.8.7.1
Arch-based, rolling-release distro; desktops: Openbox, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #8 in popularity
http://manjaro.org/

NetBSD 6.1.2
BSD_based Linux distro; desktops: AfterStep, Awesome, Blackbox, Fluxbox, GNOME, IceWM, KDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #99 in popularity
http://www.netbsd.org/

SparkyLinux 3.1
Debian-based distro; Enlightenment, LXDE, MATE, Openbox desktops; #23 in popularity
http://sparkylinux.org/

TThrottle 7.15
free Windows laptop utility to keep CPU/GPU temperature down by throtttling performance
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/

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

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