Engine Updates

Sting SF 4 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64; Stockfish derivative
- beware of the pop-under ad at mediafire!
- no home page!
- no Win64 build available right now
http://julien.marcel.free.fr/macchess/StingSF4.zip (for Mac)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/h0b4dqa63cifyab/sting-sf-4.zip (direct link)

Chess News

Scid vs. PC 4.11 Chess GUI (WB)
open source fork of Scid project enhanced for playing chess
Win32/64, Mac & .tgz source for Linux
- no Mac build available
http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/index.html (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/ (downloads)

Chess Blog Articles

Nothing new today

Wiki Changes

Chess Engine Index
- temporarily revamped page, page looks awkward and will be redesigned
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:engines:index

Engine Download List
- added 2 Glaurung downloads
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- Toledo Nanochess: updated links
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_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

CodeBlocks 13.12, RC 1
open source cross-platform C/C++ IDE for all compilers
- this is a *release candidate* for Windows only
http://www.codeblocks.org/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks/files/Binaries/13.12-RC1/Windows/ (RC download)

Manjaro Linux 0.8.8
Arch-based, rolling-release distro; desktops: Openbox, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #8 in popularity
http://manjaro.org/

PyPy 2.2.1
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
for Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64, & ARM
- syntax-compatible with Python 2.7.3
- "6.18 times faster than CPython"
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

RingoJS 0.10
JavaScript runtime written in Java, based on Mozilla Rhino
http://ringojs.org/

Vuze 5.2.0.0
open source Java-based BitTorrent client formerly known as Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/index.php

Meaning of Colors

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

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