Engine Updates

Fire 3.0 (UCI)
Win32/64; Ippolit derivative
- source code no longer available
http://users.telenet.be/chesslogik//fire.htm
http://chesslogik.wix.com/fire

Komodo TCECr (UCI)
commercial; mp (64 cores); limit strength; multi-PV; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; own GUI (Tarrasch Chess GUI)
- this is a bugfix release for commercial customers
- fixes the reported error in fen diagrams followed by castling moves
- fixes a minor issue of an error message when users run Komodo in a Windows cmd window and close it using the title bar X instead of using the “quit” command
http://komodochess.com/ (homepage)
http://komodochess.com/store/secure/login.php?next=&shk&p=/store/secure/index.php (customer link)

Sayuri 2013.12.11 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); Linux64, Mac
- new Mac compile by Jeremy Bernstein is available
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases (source + Linux build)
http://open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=578 (direct link for Mac build)

Sting SF 4 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64; Stockfish derivative
- beware of the pop-under ad at mediafire!
- no home page!
- new Win64 build available by José M Velasco
http://motorchess.blogspot.com.es/2013/12/sting-st-64-bits.html (announcement)

Testina 3 (WB/UCI)
Basic source (Italian names and comments); Win32
- silent update, version number unchanged
http://www.g-sei.org/testina/

Chess News

Smirf
GUI plus native engine for playing 10x10 chess
Win32
- this is a new release
- version numbers are BC-178n and MS-178n
http://www.10x8.net/chess/SMIRF.html

Chess Blog Articles

Nothing new today

Wiki Changes

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Sayuri
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_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 2
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-RC2/Windows/ (RC download)
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/codeblocks (RC download)

Django 1.6.1
high-level, rapid development Python-based web framework
https://www.djangoproject.com/

HWINFO32/HWINFO64 4.30
free system hardware information tool for Windows, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)

Jenkins 1.544
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Pale Moon 24.2.2
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/

PHP 5.5.7
PHP 5.4.23
PHP 5.3.28
PHP is a very popular and practical open source scripting language; it is primarily used for web applications
http://php.net/ (homepage)

phpMyAdmin 4.1.0
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

PyDev 3.1.0 for Eclipse
open source Python IDE for Eclipse; can be used for Python, Jython, and IronPython development
- "from now on, PyDev requires Eclipse 3.7 or 4.3 onwards and Java 7"
http://pydev.org/

Qt Creator IDE 3.0.0
open source cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and JavaScript
Features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion, function call tips, more
although the IDE encourages using Qt libraries, the choice is not forced
http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/downloads#qt-creator (download)

Qt Libraries 5.2
open source, cross-platform windowing system / GUI builder / C++ library; the Windows package
includes a Visual Studio add-in
http://qt.nokia.com/downloads

SeaMonkey 2.23
open source, all-in-one Internet suite: browser, email, news feed, newsgroups, IRC chat, & html editor
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

SuperAntiSpyware 5.7.1008 Free Edition
removes spyware, adware and malware; Windows only; no resident scanning for free version
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Tails 0.22
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #38 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/

Thunderbird 24.2.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

WordPress 3.8
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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