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<title>Update Information: November 22, 2013</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Saturday, November 23, 2013, 00:38:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Pedone 0.1 (WB)</span></strong><br />
Win32/64, Linux64<br />
after a long initialization, new version crashes on my WinXP computer! <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" alt=":-(" /><br />
silent update, version number unchanged<br />
- fixed initialization of the interface<br />
- in search always finds the shortest sequence of moves to get to checkmate<br />
- reduced the size of the executable<br />
<a href="http://www.g-sei.org/pedone/">http://www.g-sei.org/pedone/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">Rodent 1.2 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
C source; Win32/64, limit strength; originally based on Sungorus code; supports Polyglot opening book<br />
- new opening book, engine not updated<br />
<a href="http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent.htm">http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent.htm</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">XBoard 4.7.2 for Mac (WB)</span></strong><br />
this is a build of the latest XBoard by 'Darklord42' (Joshua Pettus)<br />
- silent update, version number unchanged<br />
- some minor changes<br />
<a href="http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=52964">http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=52964</a> (announcement)<br />
<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50486448/Xboard%204.7.2%20-%20OSX.dmg">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50486448/Xboard%204.7.2%20-%20OSX.dmg</a> (direct link)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess Blog Articles</strong></span></p>
<p>Nothing new today</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p>Nothing new today</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Warnings:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color:#f00;">- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.<br />
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected<br />
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash<br />
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Feng Office 2.4.0</span></strong><br />
free web-based open source collaboration platform<br />
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.<br />
- only the 'Community Edition' is free<br />
<a href="http://www.fengoffice.com/web/">http://www.fengoffice.com/web/</a><br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Ghostery 5.0.6 for Firefox</span></strong><br />
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;<br />
&quot;See who's tracking your web browsing and block them&quot;<br />
<a href="http://www.ghostery.com/download">http://www.ghostery.com/download</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">OpenMandriva Lx 2013.0</span></strong><br />
Linux distro based on Mandriva; KDE desktop; #44 in popularity<br />
<a href="http://openmandriva.org/">http://openmandriva.org/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Meaning of Colors</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Red = New or Warning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Green = Updated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">Gray = Info Only</span></strong></p>
<p>Engine List: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a><br />
Chess News: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.<br />
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org</span></strong></p>
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