Engine Updates

Lozza 1.13 (UCI)
JavaScript source
- NOTE: engine requires using jsUCI program (by Edmund Moshammer), available separately
- silent update, version number unchanged
- fix play UI lockup when trying to move while waiting for Lozza
- add win/draw detection to play UI
- fix delayed castling and EP in play UI
http://op12no2.me/toys/lozza/lozza.js (source code)
http://op12no2.me/posts/1818 (UCI stand-alone instructions)

P4wn Javacript Chess 2.02 (UCI)
new engine by Douglas Bagnall & & Oliver Merkel
Javascript source; requires jsUCI, see http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsuci/files/, and http://op12no2.me/posts/1818
- not new, but new to me
- other contibutors: Sven Vahar, Antony Lesuisse, Ron Winter, Chris Lear & Ivan Yelizariev
- to run as a UCI engine, see: http://op12no2.me/posts/1818
- the file for jsUCI to run is called 'p4wn_loader.js'
- GitHub version is 2.02; SourceForge version is 2.01
http://p4wn.sf.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/p/p4wn/code/ci/master/tree/ (source)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/p4wn/files/ (SourceForge download)

Sjaak II, Beta 5 (WB/UCI)
C++ source; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac32/64; variants
- Windows builds require extra dlls (included in download)
- added Seirawan Chess, Seirawan2880, & Twilight variants
- fix missing options in UCI mode
- send "e1g1" castling rather than "KxR" in UCI mode, unless told otherwise
- pressing "tab" will now complete commands or variant names (if readline support is enabled)
- fix Mini-chess ("micro", 5x5) under X/WinBoard, for which Sjaak did not send the start position
- fix a bug where Sjaak, playing White, would claim an immediate win in variants where a bare king loses (Sho Shogi, Shatranj)
- fix duplicate result claims and suppress all claims in UCI mode
- add "lift" or "pickup" moves as an allowed move option, in addition to regular and drop moves
http://www.eglebbk.dds.nl/program/chess-download.html

Chess News

LucLis 0.2 opening book
Polyglot format opening book by Lissandrello Luca
- "created specifically for Stockfish and matches at long time control"
http://www.g-sei.org/luclis/

Rodent opening book
- book has been updated
http://www.pkoziol.cal24.pl/rodent/rodent_download.htm

Chess Programming Blogs

MadChess: http://www.madchess.net/post/madchess-2-0-beta-build-22
MadChess: http://www.madchess.net/post/madchess-2-0-beta-build-23

Wiki Page Changes

all updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

Native Engine List
- removed Lozza Chess, & P4wn Javascript Chess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:native_engine_list

Private Engine List
- removed TwilightChess
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list

Variants Engine List
- removed Twilight Chess
- added Punica
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

Adblock Plus 1.8.8 for Chrome, Opera and Safari
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Auslogics Disk Defrag 5.1.0.0
free, extremely fast and effective Windows disk defragmentation & optimization program
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag

BurnAware Free 7.7
CD/DVD/Blu-ray disc-burning software for Windows
http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html (info)
http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html (download)

Foxit Reader 7.0.6.1126
free Windows pdf viewer
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

FrostWire 6.0.3
open source, cross-platform Java-based BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) client
http://www.frostwire.com/

IKVM.NET 8.0, RC 0
open source Java VM for Mono/.NET; enables Java code/libraries to be called by Mono/.NET languages, or develop Mono/.NET apps in Java
- this is the version compatible with Java 8
- this is a *release candidate*
http://www.ikvm.net/ (homepage)
http://weblog.ikvm.net/ (announcement + download)

phpMyAdmin 4.2.13.1
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Linux Lite 2.2
Linux distro based on Debian(Ubuntu LTS); XFCE desktop; #30 in popularity
http://www.linuxliteos.com/

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0.4
free Windows anti-virus
- detect and remove malware that others fail to detect
- free version does *not* provide memory resident protection
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

Network Scanner 6.0
Windows free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS & SNMP scanner; scans for listening TCP/UDP ports & displays shared network resource types
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/

Opera 26
open source web browser; popular browser for tablets and phones
http://www.opera.com/ (homepage)
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/ (download)

Tails 1.2.1
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #26 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/

System Explorer 6.1.0
free; detailed info about Windows tasks, processes, modules, startups, IE addons, uninstallers, windows,
services, drivers, connections and opened files; graph/monitor usage of system resources in real-time
http://www.systemexplorer.net/

Thunderbird 31.3.0
Mozilla's excellent cross-platform, open source email program
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/ (homepage)

ToDoList 6.9
Windows/iOS/Android open-source todo list / calendar program with nestable todos, recurring reminders, Gantt charts, etc
http://www.abstractspoon.com/ (homepage)
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/5371/ToDoList-Feature-Release-An-effective-and-flexible (info + download)

TortoiseGit 1.8.12.0
Win or Mac client for Git version control system
- silent update, version number unchanged
http://tortoisegit.org/

VMware Player 7.0.0
free open source, cross-platform virtual machine emulator, similar to VirtualBox
run multiple operating systems at the same time on your PC
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/overview.html

Meaning of Colors

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

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