Engine Updates

Donna 1.0 (UCI)
new source-code-only chess engine by Michael Dvorkin
Go source; support for Polyglot opening books
- "around Elo 2500"
- building Donna: you will need Go v1.3 or later installed on your system
-- from Donna's source directory run the build command:
-- $ go build -gcflags -B ./cmd/donna.go
https://github.com/michaeldv/donna

Equinox 3.30 (UCI)
Win64; mp
- "slightly stronger than any previous version"
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discussion-board/download/file.php?id=33433 (direct link)

Fire 4 (UCI)
mp(64 threads); multiPV; Win32/64; Syzygy egtbs
- new search
- new and improved eval
- humanistic analysis
- extensive search, pst, and eval parameter tuning
- improved material table initialization and phase calculation
- common endgame eval routines
- thread local storage SMP up to 64 threads
- support for Syzygy endgame tablebases
- "significant increase in playing strength"
http://www.chesslogik.com/fire.htm
http://chesslogik.wix.com/fire

Nemeton 1 (WB)
Pascal source; Win32
- silent update, version number unchanged
- update to support the way ChessGUI deals with users own openingbooks
- cleanups of code, slightly smaller code size
- minor tweaks
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=17c791428db77d82&id=17C791428DB77D82!127&ithint=file,rar&authkey=!ABjVzVgQj7zvU5I

Pedone 1.0 (UCI)
mp; Win64, Linux64; supports Syzygy egtbs & Polyglot opening books
- "a little bit stronger than Pedone 0.5 due to evaluation improvements and optimizations"
- multithreaded search
- pinned pieces and discovered checks evaluation
- optimizations and bug fixes
http://www.g-sei.org/pedone/

Satana 2.0.7 (WB)
Win32/64
- "it should be only a little stronger than 2.0.6"
http://www.linformatica.com/index-scacchi.php

Sayuri 2014.12.14 (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)

Chess News

OpeningTree 1.2 for iOS
openings database program
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/openingtree/id882614935?mt=8

Chess Programming Blogs

MadChess: http://www.madchess.net/post/madchess-2-0-beta-build-27

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

Chess Logos List
- added Norbert Raimund Leisner - Chess Logos Bitmap 130 x 65
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list

Linux Engine List
- added Firenzina
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:linux_engine_list

SMP Engine List
- added Pedone
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:smp_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

ActiveTcl Community Edition
free cross-platform TCL distribution including the most popular TCL/TK libraries
- 8.6.3.1
http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads

Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.235
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/

Adobe Reader 11.0.10
free, somewhat bloated PDF viewer
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows (Windows download)

Areca Backup 7.4.9
open-source backup for Windows and Linux
http://sourceforge.net/projects/areca/files/areca-stable/ (download)
http://www.areca-backup.org/ (homepage)

Artistic Style 2.05.1
open source source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier
- supports C, C++, C#, Objective C & Java programming languages
http://astyle.sourceforge.net/

Avast! Free Antivirus 2015.10.0.2208
free antivirus for Win32/64; the program is registerware: you must divulge your email address
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

BitTorrent 7.9.2 (build 37124)
freeware; the original bit torrent program; for Windows only
http://www.bittorrent.com/

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.98.5
excellent open source antivirus scanner, does not include an on-access real-time scanner
http://www.clamwin.com/

Clonezilla Live 2.3.1-18 Stable
open source system image backup/restore (Live) or multicast new system images (SE)
http://clonezilla.org/

Firebird 2.5.3, Update 1
Firebird 2.1.7
popular open source, cross-platform SQL database that does not require an administrator
- security bug fixes
http://www.firebirdsql.org/ (homepage)
http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/news/security-updates-for-v2-1-and-v2-5-series-66011/ (announcement)

Glary Utilities 5.14.0.27
free; cleanup, repair, optimize and enhance your privacy & security for Windows
http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html

Google Chrome 39.0.2171.95
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

Go Programming Language 1.4
statically-typed, compiled, simple C-like language with type inference and more
http://golang.org/

Jenkins 1.595
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

LibreOffice 4.2.8
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
- LibreOffice (Document Foundation), OpenOffice (Apache), and Lotus Symphony (IBM) are essentially the same
- this is a new update for an older version, current version is 4.3.4
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Miranda IM 0.10.27
open source instant messaging program
http://www.miranda-im.org/

MongoDB 2.6.6 Production Release
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Network Scanner 6.0.2
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/

NetBeans IDE 8.0.2
open source cross-platform IDE used primarily for Java-based programming languages
(supports C/C++, PHP, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Java, Groovy, etc.)
supports syntax highlighting, code completion, object browsing, refactoring + more
all languages have debuggers, profilers and unit testing plus support for collaborative programming
- bugfix release
http://netbeans.org/
https://netbeans.org/community/news/show/1631.html (release announcement)

Notepad++ 6.7
open source programmer's editor (Windows only)
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Paint.NET 4.0.5
very nice free image and photo editing software (paint program)
http://www.getpaint.net/

PeaZip 5.5.1
open source cross-platform file and archive manager; available as portable app also
- create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP
- extract 150+ archive types: ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, etc.
http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/files/5.5.0/ (5.5.0 downloads)

phpMyAdmin 4.3.2
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Portable C Compiler 1.1.0
small, simple, fast open source C99 compiler with comprehensible source code
"Portable C Compiler has GCC compatibility enabled by default"
- more interesting as source code than as a practical compiler
http://pcc.ludd.ltu.se/ (homepage is very slow to load)
http://pcc.ludd.ltu.se/supported-platforms/build-windows/ (building for Windows)
http://pcc.ludd.ltu.se/cross-compiler/ (linux-hosted cross compiler for Windows)

Python 2.7.9
popular general-purpose, open source programming language
- security fixes
https://www.python.org/ (homepage)
https://www.python.org/downloads/ (downloads)

Qt Creator 3.3.0
open source cross-platform IDE for C/C++ and JavaScript
Features: syntax highlighting for many languages, plugins, version control, code completion, function call tips, more
although the IDE encourages using Qt libraries, the choice is not forced
http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qtcreator/ (download)

Qt Libraries 5.4.0
http://www.qt.io/qt-framework/
open source, cross-platform windowing system / GUI builder with an extensive C++ library;
the Windows package includes a Visual Studio add-in
http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/

SQLite 3.8.7.4
open source SQL database for programmers; small and fast
- "an unscheduled bug-fix release"
- added a mutex
http://www.sqlite.org/ (homepage)
http://www.sqlite.org/news.html (update info)
http://www.sqlite.org/releaselog/3_8_7_4.html (changelog)

Skype 7.0.0.102
free cross-platform videophone/phone/instant messenger program
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home

Subversion 1.8.11
Subversion 1.7.19
open source, cross-platform centralized version control system
http://subversion.apache.org/

TDM-GCC 4.9.2-3 (64-bit)
TDM-GCC 4.9.2 (32bit)
open source GCC C/C++ 32/64-bit Native Portable Build and Development Environment for Windows
creates 32-bit OR 64-bit binaries, for any version of Windows since Windows 98
- this version contains GCC 4.9.2
http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/

TortoiseSVN 1.8.9
Win32/64 Subversion (version control system) client
http://tortoisesvn.net/

UltraVNC 1.2.0.5
open source, cross-platform remote desktop; can view/control Win, Linux, or Mac
http://www.uvnc.com/ (homepage)
http://www.uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc.html (download)

Meaning of Colors

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

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