Engine Updates

Fiesty (???)
new source-code-only chess engine by Jeffery A Esposito
C++ source
- at the moment, just the start of a move generator
https://github.com/jaespo/Fiesty

Gogobello 0.05 (WB)
Win32/64
- 34MB file downloads slowly
- new opening book 'Morphius' (thanks to Pawel Sekowski)
- added Polyglot book format support (thanks to Michel Van den Bergh)
- 'book' command added in console mode
- 'param' command added in console mode
- added a readme file
- added configuration file "gogonello.ini"
http://www.g-sei.org/gogobello/

Nemeton 1 (WB)
Pascal source; Win64
- silent update, version number unchanged
- download intructions: right-click the file and choose 'download'
- X moves in Y minutes timecontrol support added
- "lots of clean ups, speed ups and improvements"
http://1drv.ms/1vOo4Zw

Chess News

Gitna 14.1.1.5 (WB)
new engine by Ferdinand Mosca
- plays king-of-the-hill chess variant
https://sites.google.com/site/deuteriumengine/files/shogi-5x5

Chess Programming Blogs

MadChess: http://www.madchess.net/post/madchess-2-0-beta-build-20

Wiki Page Changes

all updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

Endgame Tablebases and Bitbases List
- added Hoffman
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:egtbs_list

GUI Protocol List
- ChessMaster: added a comment
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Mobile Chess List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
- added Shogi 5 x 5 - MiniShogi for iOS
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_list

Native Engine List
- BattleChess: updated link
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

Variants Engine List
- added: lIma, Shogi 5 x 5 - MiniShogi for iOS, & Gitna
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:variants_engine_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

AbiWord 3.0.0
open source, cross-platform (Win/Mac/Linux) word processor resembling Microsoft Word
fewer features, but less bloated & opens faster than Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, or OpenOffice
http://www.abiword.com/

Adobe Flash Player 15.0.0.239
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/

CCleaner 5.00
free Windows/Mac/Android registry and file optimization/privacy/cleaning tool; thorough and effective
uninstalls programs, system restore, drive wiper, controls startup programs, context menus, etc
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner (CCleaner homepage)
http://www.piriform.com/blog/2014/11/25/ccleaner-v50 (announcement)

DragonFly BSD 4.0.1
a cutting-edge distribution based on FreeBSD 4, enhanced with a high performance
HAMMER journaling filesystem; virtual kernels that are inherently deadlock-free;
desktops: Awesome, Fluxbox, JWM, KDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #60 in popularity
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/ (homepage)
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/features/ (unique features)
http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/ (iso download)

Format Factory 3.5.0
free multi-media converter; convert all popular video/audio/picture formats to all others
CD/DVD ripper; iOS support; audio/video joining/repairing
- be careful you don't install 3rd party toolbars by mistake!
http://www.pcfreetime.com/index.html

Gosu 1.3
a Java-like programming language for the jvm featuring: OO, closures, inference, simplified generics, etc.
http://gosu-lang.org/

HWiNFO32/HWiNFO64 4.48
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)

Jenkins 1.592
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

MariaDB 10.0.15
open source fork of MySQL; completely compatible w/MySQL; w/extra DB engines & extra features
"MariaDB is a binary drop-in replacement for MySQL"
MariaDB restores several significant features that Oracle has dropped from MySQL
http://kb.askmonty.org/ (homepage)
http://kb.askmonty.org/v/mariadb-versus-mysql-features (extra features vs MySQL)
http://kb.askmonty.org/en/what-is-mariadb-100 (What is MariaDB 10.0?)
http://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/10.0.15/ (MariaDB 10.0.15 page)

Miranda IM 0.10.25
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

Siduction 14.1.0
Linux distro based on Debian (Unstable); desktops: GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, Razor-qt, Xfce; #65 in popularity
http://siduction.org/

TortoiseGit 1.8.12.0
Win or Mac client for Git version control system
http://tortoisegit.org/

Meaning of Colors

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

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