Engine Updates

DiscoCheck 5.2.1 (UCI)
C source; Win64, Linux64
- silent update, version number unchanged
- "added compiles for old CPU without popcnt"
http://github.com/lucasart/chess (source)
http://www.open-chess.org/download/file.php?id=602 (direct link)

Firenzina 2.4.1 for Android
- silent update, version number unchanged
- added an Adroid build
https://github.com/Censor/Firenzina (source)
http://firenzina.wikispaces.com/home (download)

Phalanx XXIII, r82 (WB)
Win32; extra dlls required (included in download)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phalanx/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phalanx/files/ (download link)

Satana 2.0.3 (WB)
Win32/64
- "I think that it is only chess engine using random evaluation values"
- "correct some strange behavior when there's a mate in some move on the board and use the new random-values evaluation function"
http://www.linformatica.com/software/Satana.2.0.3.zip (direct link)
http://www.linformatica.com/index-scacchi.php (announcement)

Chess News

Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- update #047 through #051
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htm

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

FACE Tournament
update by Gerhard
- changed pages: face, participants, ratings, download
http://computer-chess.org/forum/index.php?mode=thread&id=2898#p2902 (latest results)
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:tournaments:face

PGN Reader/Viewer/Writer List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added: Schachdiagramm Designer, Schachdiagramm-Editor, & Schachdiagramm-Generator
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:pgn_reader_viewer_writer_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

Calibre 2.0.0
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/

Cassandra 2.0.10
free, open source, distributed NoSQL database; uses wide column store model
http://cassandra.apache.org/download/

CodeLite 6.1.0
excellent open source cross-platform IDE for all C/C++ compilers
features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion,
function call tips, more
- called 'lite' because of usage of SQLite database, IDE is *not* lacking features
http://codelite.org/

Data Crow 4.0.8
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, chess, etc.
http://www.datacrow.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/ (project page)

FrostWire 5.7.6
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

GIMP 2.8.12
free open source Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)
- retouch photos, create drawings & renderings, etc.
- available as tar.bz2 file only
http://www.gimp.org/
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html (Win download)

Jenkins 1.578
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

Jython 2.7, Beta 3
Python language for Java platform (runs on jvm)
- this is a *beta* release
- requires Java 7 or later
- "this release of Jython can run more pure Python apps then any previous release"
http://www.jython.org/

Ultimate Edition 4.2
Ubuntu/Mint-based Linux distro; desktops: Awesome, MATE, GNOME, KDE; #19 in popularity
http://ultimateedition.info/

Vala/Genie 0.25.2 Beta
Vala syntax resembles C# and Genie syntax resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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