Engine Updates

DeepSaros 4.1.2 (UCI)
mp (12 cpus); Win32/64, Linux64; this is an IvanHoe derivative
- beware of the browser pop-under ad when downloading!
- "the goal of this release is to find sharp and original variations for O.T.B. players"
http://deep-saros.blogspot.it/

Houdini 4 (UCI)
commercial; Win32/64; mp [6 cores (std) or 32 cores (pro)]; multiPV; FRC; limit strength; supports Nalimov, Gaviota, and Syzygy EBTBs; a reworked Robbolito with many improvements
- "about 50 Elo stronger than its predecessor"
http://www.cruxis.com/chess/houdini.htm

NG-Play 9.8.2 (WB)
C source; Win32/64
http://users.otenet.gr/~yggeorgo/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Blog Articles

Vajolet: http://vajoletchess.blogspot.it/2013/11/first-achievement-move-generator.html

Wiki Changes

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Chess Informant Expert (Lite): updated link
- Glaurung for Mac: added some links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_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

CCleaner 4.08
free Windows/Mac registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective
uninstalls programs, system restore, drive wiper, controls startup programs, context menus, etc
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2013/11/25/ccleaner-v408 (announcement)
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)

Clonezilla Live 2.2.0-31 Stable
open source system image backup/restore (Live) or multicast new system images (SE)
http://clonezilla.org/
http://sourceforge.net/p/clonezilla/news/ (release notes)

DragonFly BSD 3.6.0
a cutting-edge Linux distribution based on FreeBSD 4, enhanced with a high performance
HAMMER journaling filesystem; virtual kernels that are inherently deadlock-free;
desktops: Fluxbox, JWM, KDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #84 in popularity
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/ (homepage)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/features/ (unique features)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/release36/ (release notes)

Jenkins 1.542
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

MinGW (32/64-bit) Distro 11.4
open source, cutting-edge distribution for Windows
- distro update: fix a severe bug in make
http://nuwen.net/mingw.html

NetBeans IDE 7.4, Patch 1
open source cross-platform IDE used primarily for Java-based programming languages;
(supports C/C++, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Java, Groovy, etc.)
supports syntax highlighting, code completion, object browsing, refactoring, etc.
all languages have debuggers, profilers and unit testing plus support for collaborative programming
http://wiki.netbeans.org/NewAndNoteworthyNB74 (changelog)
http://netbeans.org/

PeaZip 5.2.0
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/5.2.0/ (5.2.0 downloads)

TortoiseSVN 1.8.4
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/

Meaning of Colors

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

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