Engine Updates

AdaChess 2.0 (WB)
Ada source; Win32, Linux64
- "a lot of new features and an improved move evaluation"
http://www.adachess.com/downloads

DiscoCheck 5.2.1 (UCI)
C source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac, Android
- at the moment, available as source code only
http://github.com/lucasart/chess/ (homepage)

Sayuri 2014.08.09 (UCI)
Sayuri 2014.08.07 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 cores); Win64, Linux64
- intended for clang compiler using cmake
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases (source + builds)

Phokham Nonava Java builds
Unidexter f5fb866 PN (UCI)
new engine by Michael Aherne
https://github.com/micaherne/unidexter (source)
http://www.computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:download:engine_download_list (all downloads)
http://www.computer-chess.org/data/media/computer_chess/wiki/download/unidexter-f5fb866-pn.jar (direct link)

Chess News

Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- update #038 & #039
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htm

Chess Programming Blogs

Arasan: http://arasanchess.org/blogs/aug14.html

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

GUI Protocol List
- added Chess for Glass
- added PyUCI
- XECTool: added a link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Mobile Chess List
- added Chess for Glass
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

Play Chess Online List
- removed XEC Tool
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:play_chess_online_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

Auslogics Registry Cleaner 7.1.0.0
free Windows registry optimizer/cleaner; recommended
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-cleaner/

Autoruns 12.01
Windows program shows programs configured to run during system bootup or login, and
the processing order of these programs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

BitTorrent 7.9.2 (build 32895)
freeware; the original bit torrent program
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Calibre 1.48.0
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/

CDBurnerXP 4.5.4.5000
open source CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning software for Win32/64
this program requires .NET framework; Media Format 9.0 update required if using WMA format
- be careful, you will want the version *without* the 'Open Candy' advertising malware
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download (homepage)
http://cdburnerxp.se/download?more-options (download)

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.98.4.1
excellent open source antivirus scanner, does not include an on-access real-time scanner
http://www.clamwin.com/

ICQ 8.2.7126
audio/video/text chat w/ connectivity to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc for desktop & mobile
http://www.icq.com/en

Jenkins 1.576
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

KNOPPIX 7.4.0
Debian-based Linux distro; desktops: LXDE (default), GNOME, KDE, Openbox; #46 in popularity
http://www.knoppix.org/

MinGW (32/64-bit) Distro 12.0
open source, cutting-edge distribution for Windows
- distro update: GCC 4.9.1 and Boost 1.56.0
http://nuwen.net/mingw.html

MongoDB 2.6.4
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Process Explorer 16.03
displays information about which Windows handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.1, RC 1
free, open source Python IDE plugin supporting CPython and IronPython; NumPy & SciPy support;
parallel & clustering support; debugging; profiling; more
- this is a *release candidate*
http://pytools.codeplex.com/

Subversion 1.8.10
Subversion 1.7.18
open source, cross-platform centralized version control system
- this is an update to an older version
http://subversion.apache.org/

SuperAntiSpyware 6.0.1126
removes spyware, adware and malware; Windows only; no resident scanning for free version
http://www.superantispyware.com/

TThrottle 7.52
free Windows laptop utility to keep CPU/GPU temperature down by slowing down CPU/GPU
http://www.efmer.eu/boinc/

Meaning of Colors

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

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