Engine Updates

Vajolet 2.48 (UCI)
C++ source; multiPV; Win32; requires MSVC redistributables (not included in package)
- ponder support
- opening book support
- preliminary multi PV support
- lots of modifications to evalutation
- it should be stronger than Vajolet 2.03
at download site choose: 'File', 'Download'
http://code.google.com/p/vajolet2/ (homepage)
http://vajoletchess.blogspot.it/ (blog)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8vVDpJcWkc9OWVucG12TllHaU0/edit?usp=sharing (download)

Chess News

XBoard 4.7.2 for Mac (WB)
this is a build of the latest XBoard by 'Darklord42' (Joshua Pettus)
- silent update, fixed packaging bugs, version number unchanged
- fixed all the unnecessary errors in the terminal upon launching looking for unneeded libraries
- made it so the apps don't launch the terminal when starting xboard. (launching with the included command scripts will still do, which is just as well as it is needed for ICS)
- included my very minor source changes as a patch inside the app under the "src" folder so to make sure I'm in compliance
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)

Chess Blog Articles

Vajolet: http://vajoletchess.blogspot.it/

Wiki Changes

Oldies Collection List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- removed Ben Keen´s Project
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:oldies_collection_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

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2014.4259
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program with excellent protection for Win32/64
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-afh.line-2014

Calibre 1.12.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

MariaDB 5.5.34 Stable
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra DB engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features)

Network Scanner 5.5.3
free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports &
displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
independent distro; desktop: GNOME, KDE; #32 in popularity
http://www.redhat.com/

Ruby 2.0.0-p353
popular scripting language, often used with Rails library
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/

Skype 6.11.0.102
free cross-platform videophone/phone/instant messenger program
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home

Meaning of Colors

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

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