Engine Updates

Calculon (UCI)
new engine by Barry Smith, discovered by the incomparible Mr Silvian 'Ruxy' Sylwyka
Java source
- this is a source-code-only engine
http://svn-barrysw19.forge.cloudbees.com/calculonx/
http://code.google.com/p/calculonx/

NG-Play 9.8.4 (WB)
C source; Win32/64
- several optimizations in Killer/History heuristic, move ordering using Hash Table
http://users.otenet.gr/~yggeorgo/

new CyberPagno homepage
http://cyberpagno.altervista.org/index.htm

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Changes

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Calculon
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Advanced Chess Field Editor
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_list

Private Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added FIBChess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_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

MakuluLinux 5.0
based on Debian (testing); Cinnamon, Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE, MATE, Xfce desktops; #51 in popularity
- distro is 32-bit only
- this is a rolling release
http://www.makululinux.com/

Orwell Dev-C++ 5.6.1
excellent cross-platform open source C/C++ IDE for 32-/64-bit development
http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/ (homepage)

VirtualBox 3.2.20
open source, general-purpose, full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware
runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris as host
install one or more guest operating systems onto the same computer
- this is a security patch intended for old VirtualBox version 3.2
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes (list of guest operating systems)
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog (changelog)
http://www.virtualbox.org/ (homepage)

Meaning of Colors

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

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