Engine Updates

Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
DiscoCheck 5.2 TM (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac64
- Win32 + source
- new package includes another necessary, but missing, dependency
http://tmokonen.net84.net/

Tony Mokonen Win32 builds
Minace 1.0 TM (UCI)
C++ source; Win32, Linux64
- Win32 + source
- new package includes another necessary, but missing, dependency
https://github.com/zekyll/Minace (code repo)
http://tmokonen.net84.net/

Scorpio ??? (WB)
C++ source; mp; Win32/64, Linux 32/64, Mac64, Android; own endgame bitbases
- recompile of engine to support 6-men EGBBs
- this build for Win64 only
- engine version number is unspecified
http://dshawul.googlepages.com/home (homepage)
https://github.com/dshawul (code repo)
http://shawul.olympuschess.com/egbb/Scorpio.zip (direct link)

Chess News

Hiarcs Chess Explorer 1.7 Chess GUI (UCI)
Commercial; FRC; Win32/64, Mac; mp
- free update for paying customers
- Hiarcs engine *not* updated
http://www.hiarcs.com/

IECG, 3rd Edition CTG Book
new book built by Mike Scheidl based on IECG correspondence chess games
http://remixshare.com/download/p467v

Scorpio 6-men EGBB
Joshua Shriver is hosting Daniel Shawul's bitbases
- warning: size = 48.1 GBs
- requires a BitTorrent client for downloading
http://oics.olympuschess.com/tracker/index.php

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Changes

Chess Logos List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added new Graham Banks logos: Minace, Numbit, & Pandora
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_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

Adblock Plus 2.4.1 for Firefox
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.43
free cross-platform flash video player
http://www.adobe.com/

Adobe Reader 11.0.06
free PDF viewer
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows (Windows download)

Clonezilla Live 2.2.1-25 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)

Java 7, Update 51
update of Java runtime environment and development kit (JRE or JDK)
- it is important to disable Java in your browser, or bad things may happen to you!
- more zero-day security fixes along with bugfixes
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java download)

Netrunner 13.12
Kubuntu-based Linux distro; customized KDE desktop; #56 in popularity
http://www.netrunner-os.com/

SuperAntiSpyware 5.7.1018 Free Edition
removes spyware, adware and malware; Windows only; no resident scanning for free version
- quick bugfix update for yesterday's release
http://www.superantispyware.com/

SystemRescueCd 4.0.0
bootable image for CD or USB stick to rescue data from HD; mount and read data from any disk;
features disk partitioning, LVM management, data copying, remote backup, more
http://www.sysresccd.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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