Engine Updates

Daniel José Win32/64 builds
Crafty 24.0 DJ (WB)
C++ source; mp; limit strength; Win32/64
- new Win32 builds for popcnt and non-popcnt cpus
- new 64-bit build that is compatible with all AMD cpus
- some slight changes to source code that should not affect playing strength
http://www.andscacs.com/crafty24sln_32bits.rar (VC++ build data)
http://www.andscacs.com/crafty24_32bits.rar (32-bit exe direct link w/popcnt)
http://www.andscacs.com/crafty24_32bits_nopopcnt.rar (32-bit exe direct link no popcnt)
http://www.andscacs.com/crafty24_x64.rar (64-bit exe direct link)

NG-Play 9.8.5 (WB)
C source; Win32/64
- transposition table enhancement with more buckets
- optimizations in search code
http://users.otenet.gr/~yggeorgo/

Protej 0.5.8c (WB/UCI)
Win32
- EP flag wrongly updated in making/unmaking null moves
http://protej.info/

Chess News

Nothing new today

Chess Programming Blogs

iCE: http://macechess.blogspot.de/2014/06/razoring.html

Wiki Page Changes

Nothing new today

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

Adobe Flash Player 14.0.0.125
free cross-platform flash video player
- fixes some important security vulnerabilities
- Flash is the 2nd most common avenue of infection when computers become compromised
- beware of installing unwanted 3rd party software
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Calibre 1.40.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

FOG 1.1.1
If you need to maintain several Windows computers with identical configuration & software
(for a school, library, business, etc.), this is the best tool to do it
http://www.fogproject.org/

GCC 4.7.4
open source C/C++ compiler for Linux
includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages
- this is a bugfix update for an older version; 4.9.0 is latest version
http://gcc.gnu.org/ (homepage)
http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/ (grouped 4.7.x announcements)

GPartEd Live 0.19.0-1 Stable
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

Notepad++ 6.6.6
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Panda Cloud Antivirus 3.0.1
free anti-virus, anti-spyware program; run it in addition to your usual antivirus
http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/

SmartOS 20140613
Solaris-based Unix-like distro; desktops: LXDE, MATE & OpenBox; #39 in popularity
- this is a based on Illumos, a community fork of OpenSolaris
- desktop environments must be installed from command line after installation of OS
http://smartos.org/

Wireshark 1.10.8 Stable
open-source network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer) for advanced users
http://www.wireshark.org/

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Green = Updated
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