Engine Updates

Cheng 4.0.36c (WB/UCI)
C++ source; mp; FRC; multiPV; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux64, Mac64, Android; Gaviota egtbs
- C++ source code released
- many fixes
- minor improvements (+5 Elo)
- going open source (despite unpolished and some things unfinished)
- Android compile
- XP 64-bit fix
- bench should be 3413675
- this is the last version, I'm done with Cheng
http://www.vlasak.biz/cheng

ProDeo 1.88 (WB/UCI)
Win32
- attempt to fix horrendously slow and corrupt download of huge file
http://www.top-5000.nl/index.htm
http://www.top-5000.nl/prodeo188.htm (slow, buggy download)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zim2rvuw5y0bn4k/ProDeo188.exe (DropBox download)
https://files.one.ubuntu.com/OSzNHb1lTJa9VUX7P1eYtQ (UbuntuOne download)

Chess News

Lucas Chess 8.06
"play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor"
Python source; Win32
- also available as a portable build
- two bugs fixed
http://www-lucaschess.rhcloud.com (homepage)
https://googledrive.com/host/0B0D6J3YCrUouRk1IcHVzSWNVZkk/ (download)

PgnScanner 0.91
scan and extract information from pgn files
http://www.zeitnot.fr/index.php/pgnscanner/5-pgnscanner-eng

Scorpio Egbbdll 4.1
Scorpio endgame bitbases have been updated
http://dshawul.googlepages.com/home

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Changes

FACE Tournament
- updated pages: face & download
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

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

Comodo Dragon Internet Browser 31.1
Windows only; free; based on Google's Chrome browser, with improved security and privacy
stops cookies, no web spies, prevents browser download tracking, etc
- there is also an IceDragon version, which is a security-enhanced Firefox browser
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php

LibreOffice 4.2.0
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- OpenOffice (Apache), LibreOffice (Document Foundation), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

PC-BSD 10.0
BSD-based Linux distro; KDE (default), GNOME, LXDE, Openbox, Xfce desktops; #33 in popularity
http://www.pcbsd.org/

Process Explorer 16.0
displays information about which Windows handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

Meaning of Colors

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

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