Engine Updates

Delphil 3.1 (UCI)
Win32/64; mp (up to 8 cores)
http://delphil.webatu.com/English/index.html

Chess News

Norm Pollock site
PGN, EPD & TXT Utility Suites and Opening Book PGN Databases
- updated PGN programs: ecoList and ecoPlayer
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/chess.html

XBoard 4.7.2 for Mac (WB)
this is a build of the latest XBoard by 'Darklord42' (Joshua Pettus)
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=52964 (announcement)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50486448/Xboard%204.7.2%20-%20OSX.dmg (direct link)

Down/Problem Chess Websites

Alex WBTM homepage down for 85 days (a multimania site)
Bestia homepage down for 100 days (a 110mb.com site)
GreKo homepage down for 15 days (a 110mb.com site)
iNemesis homepage down for 8 days (domain has expired)
Lyapko Utilities homepage down for 100 days (a 110mb.com site)
Nejmet homepage down for 84 days (a multimania site)
Toledo Nanochess homepage down for 31 days (a 110mb.com site)
T-Rex homepage down for 85 days (a multimania site)
Toga Returns homepage has been hacked and is dangerous to visit

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
recent tournament results are now updated on the web page
- updated page: participants
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

Auslogics Disk Defrag 4.3.1.0
free, extremely fast and effective Windows disk defragmentation & optimization program; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 3.3.1.0
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner; recommended
- quick bugfix for yesterday's release
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

Avast! Free Antivirus 2014 9.0.2006
free antivirus for Win32/64; the program is registerware: you must divulge your email address
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

Avira AntiVir Personal 14.0.0.383 Free
antivirus product; the free version pops up annoying intermittent ads
http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Git 1.8.4.1
free, open source distributed version control system
http://git-scm.com/

Java 7, Update 45
update of Java runtime and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- it is important to disable Java in your browser, or bad things may happen to you!
- there was a jump in the update number, previous version was 40
- most notable change: "Protections Against Unauthorized Redistribution of Java Applications"
this is the start of locking down the language, requiring purchase of Oracle's security credentials in order to run; full lockdown is expected in Java 8
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java download)

Jenkins 1.536
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

VirtualBox 4.3
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install several guest operating systems onto the same computer
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org