Engine Updates

Arasan 17.3 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; own GUI, mp; Win32/64, Linux, Mac, Android; can use Gaviota egtbs
- silent update, version number unchanged
- 32-bit Windows exe re-built
http://www.arasanchess.org/

Komodo 8 (UCI)
commercial; mp (64 cores); limit strength; multi-PV; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac, Android; own GUI (Tarrasch Chess GUI); supports Syzygy egtbs
- "about a 40 Elo gain"
http://komodochess.com/Komodo8-40a.htm (announcement)
http://komodochess.com/ (homepage)

Smirf MS-180g (WB*)
GUI plus native engine for playing 10x10 chess
Win32; it is Winboard compatible using HG Muller's Smirfoglot adapter; own GUI native engine, but engine can be downloaded separately (as dll); variant play
- WB* indicates WB compatibility using HG Muller's Smirfoglot adapter
http://www.10x8.net/chess/SMIRF.html

Supra 19.1 (UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64
- "important correction in time management"
http://suprachesssystem.com/

Chess News

Frank's Chess Page
Frank Quisinsky's page
- updates: #061 -> #069
http://www.amateurschach.de/main/_news.htm

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

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

Adblock Plus 1.8.4 for Chrome, Opera and Safari
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Arch 2014.09.03
independent, rolling-release Linux distro; Cinnamon, Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE, LXDE, MATE, Xfce desktops;
#7 in popularity
- this is the monthly release
http://www.archlinux.org/

Data Crow 4.0.10
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)

Django 1.7
Django 1.6.7
Django 1.5.10
high-level, rapid development, Python-based web framework
https://www.djangoproject.com/

Gosu 1.2
a Java-like programming language for the jvm featuring: OO, closures, inference, simplified generics, etc.
http://gosu-lang.org/

HWiNFO32/HWiNFO64 4.44
free system hardware information tool for Windows, system health monitoring, and benchmarks
http://www.hwinfo.com/ (homepage)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html (download 32-bit)
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html (download 64-bit)

ICQ 8.2.7135
audio/video/text chat w/ connectivity to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc for desktop & mobile
http://www.icq.com/en

MinGW (32/64-bit) Distro 12.1
open source, cutting-edge distribution for Windows
- distro update: GLEW 1.11.0 for OpenGL 4.5
http://nuwen.net/mingw.html

Opera 24
open source web browser; popular browser for tablets and phones
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

PNotes.NET 2.0
free, open source Windows reminder program that uses persistent desktop notes
- available in two versions: standard & .NET
- .NET version requires more memory and extra runtimes, but has slightly more features
http://pnotes.sourceforge.net/

PSPad 4.5.8
free, feature-filled programmer's text editor for Windows
http://www.pspad.com/en/ (homepage)

PyDev 3.7.1 for Eclipse
open source Python IDE for Eclipse; can be used for Python, Jython, and IronPython development
http://pydev.org/

Tails 1.1.1
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #25 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/

Thunderbird 31.1.0
Mozilla's excellent open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

WordPress 4.0
free, popular, open source website/blog creation using PHP & MySQL w/ many plugins & themes
http://wordpress.org/ (homepage)

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

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