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<title>Update Information: February 23, 2014</title>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Sunday, February 23, 2014, 21:30:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p>Nothing new today</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">LiliaChess Chess GUI 4.4.3.0 (WB/UCI)</span></strong><br />
free Chess GUI + some freely available chess engines<br />
cross-platform (Java)<br />
- the GUI performs time control (#moves and time left for each engine)<br />
- UNDO option reimplemented (human-engine games only) both with &quot;remove&quot; and &quot;undo&quot; commands<br />
- the ResizerButtons (top-right) are disabled when a game is in progress.<br />
<a href="http://www.liliachess.org/">http://www.liliachess.org/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess Programming Blogs</strong></span></p>
<p>Tarrasch Chess GUI: <a href="http://triplehappy.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/tarrasch-v3-development-now-on-github/">http://triplehappy.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/tarrasch-v3-development-now-on-github/</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Changes</strong></span></p>
<p>Nothing new today</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Warnings:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color:#f00;">- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.<br />
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected<br />
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash<br />
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Dropbox 2.6.13</span></strong><br />
free, cross-platform, browser-based online backup, file sync, and cloud-based file sharing<br />
- 2 GB of space for free<br />
<a href="http://www.dropbox.com/">http://www.dropbox.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Eclipse 4.3.2, RC 4A</span></strong><br />
open source extensible IDE framework supporting plugins for almost all programming languages<br />
w/ syntax highlighting, intellisense, code completion, templates, version control, more<br />
- this is a *release candidate*<br />
<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">http://www.eclipse.org/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/M-4.3.2RC4a-201402211700/">http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/M-4.3.2RC4a-201402211700/</a> (announcement)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">GNUplot 4.6.5</span></strong><br />
open source, cross platform, command-line driven, 2D/3D graphing/plotting<br />
<a href="http://www.gnuplot.info/">http://www.gnuplot.info/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.gnuplot.info/announce_4.6.5.txt">http://www.gnuplot.info/announce_4.6.5.txt</a> (release notes)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Lcc for Win32/64</span></strong><br />
small, simple, fast open source C compiler &amp; development tools; Windows-hosted with cross compiling facilities<br />
free for non-commercial use<br />
- version number is unknown<br />
<a href="http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/README">http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/README</a> (changes)<br />
<a href="http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/">http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/</a> (website + downloads)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">phpMyAdmin 4.1.8</span></strong><br />
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.<br />
<a href="http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php">http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">ToDoList 6.8.10</span></strong><br />
free todo list / calendar program with nestable todos, recurring reminders, Gantt charts, etc<br />
<a href="http://www.abstractspoon.com/">http://www.abstractspoon.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Vala/Genie 0.23.3 Beta</span></strong><br />
Vala language resembles C# and Genie language resembles Python<br />
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library<br />
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie<br />
- this is the *development* branch (beta)<br />
<a href="http://live.gnome.org/Vala">http://live.gnome.org/Vala</a> (Vala info)<br />
<a href="http://live.gnome.org/Genie">http://live.gnome.org/Genie</a> (Genie info)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Meaning of Colors</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Red = New or Warning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Green = Updated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">Gray = Info Only</span></strong></p>
<p>Engine List: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a><br />
Chess News: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.<br />
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org</span></strong></p>
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