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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Posting by Ron, Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 19:26:</em></p><p><p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Engine Updates</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Jukebox Dev 1 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
another engine from José M Velasco (Bouquet)<br />
- engine is based on Bouquet, which is based on Ippolit<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?xo4yngta5xb2wdg">http://www.mediafire.com/?xo4yngta5xb2wdg</a> (direct link)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Lozza 1.13 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
JavaScript source; Win64<br />
- silent update, version unchanged<br />
- improved Win64 build of 1.13 engine<br />
<a href="http://op12no2.me/toys/lozza/lozza13.zip">http://op12no2.me/toys/lozza/lozza13.zip</a> (1.13 Win64)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Sayuri 2015.01.12 (UCI)</span></strong><br />
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 cores); Win64, Linux64<br />
- intended for clang compiler using cmake<br />
<a href="http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases">http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases</a> (source + builds)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess News</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chess for Android 5.0.1 Chess GUI (WB/UCI)</span></strong><br />
Aart Bik's free GUI + chess engine for Android<br />
- lots of bugfixes<br />
<a href="http://aartbik.blogspot.com/">http://aartbik.blogspot.com/</a> (blog)<br />
<a href="http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html">http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html</a> (homepage and download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Droidfish 1.56 for Android</span></strong><br />
port of Stockfish to Android platform + chess GUI<br />
- support for Android 5 and 64-bit CPUs<br />
- preserve case of UCI option names in the setoption command<br />
<a href="http://web.comhem.se/petero2home/droidfish/index.html">http://web.comhem.se/petero2home/droidfish/index.html</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Chess Programming Blogs</strong></span></p>
<p>MadChess blog: <a href="http://www.madchess.net/post/madchess-2-0-beta-build-44">http://www.madchess.net/post/madchess-2-0-beta-build-44</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Wiki Page Changes</strong></span></p>
<p>updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Chess Logos List</span></strong><br />
-  Norbert Raimund Leisner Chess Logos: updated count<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_logos_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">GUI Protocol List</span></strong><br />
- ExaChess: added long comment<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Macintosh Engine List</span></strong><br />
- GNU Chess (JM) [presumably this refers to the GNUchess6 engine]: dropped a link, added a link<br />
<a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Bonus Notifications (recent releases of free stuff)</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Warnings:</span></strong><br />
<span style="color:#f00;">- do not install unwanted toolbars, etc.<br />
- alpha releases have new features; crashes and bugs are to be expected<br />
- beta releases have new features; they may contain bugs or crash<br />
- release candidate software may contain minor bugs; crashes are rare</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Calibre 2.16.0</span></strong><br />
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers<br />
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer<br />
<a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/">http://calibre-ebook.com/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Data Crow 4.0.12</span></strong><br />
free, open source media manager/cataloger for movies, books, music, software, chess, etc.<br />
<a href="http://www.datacrow.net/">http://www.datacrow.net/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/datacrow/</a> (project page)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">DragonFly BSD 4.0.2</span></strong><br />
a cutting-edge distribution based on FreeBSD 4, enhanced with a high performance<br />
HAMMER journaling filesystem; virtual kernels that are inherently deadlock-free;<br />
desktops: Awesome, Fluxbox, JWM, KDE, Openbox, WMaker, Xfce; #60 in popularity<br />
<a href="http://www.dragonflybsd.org/">http://www.dragonflybsd.org/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://www.dragonflybsd.org/features/">http://www.dragonflybsd.org/features/</a> (unique features)<br />
<a href="http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/">http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/iso-images/</a> (iso download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Feng Office 3.0.2</span></strong><br />
free web-based open source collaboration platform<br />
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.<br />
- only the 'Community Edition' is free<br />
<a href="http://www.fengoffice.com/web/">http://www.fengoffice.com/web/</a><br />
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/</a> (download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">FileZilla Client 3.10.0.1</span></strong><br />
open source cross-platform ftp client; recommended<br />
<a href="http://filezilla-project.org/">http://filezilla-project.org/</a><br />
<a href="https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1">https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1</a> (downloads)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Firefox 35.0</span></strong><br />
popular, free, open source browser<br />
<a href="http://www.mozilla.com/">http://www.mozilla.com/</a> (homepage)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">ID3 Renamer 7.2.4</span></strong><br />
free utility to bulk-rename music files<br />
<a href="http://www.id3renamer.com">http://www.id3renamer.com</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">IKVM.NET 8.0, RC 1</span></strong><br />
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<br />
- this is the version compatible with Java 8<br />
- this is a *release candidate*<br />
<a href="http://www.ikvm.net/">http://www.ikvm.net/</a> (homepage)<br />
<a href="http://weblog.ikvm.net/">http://weblog.ikvm.net/</a> (announcement + download)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Notepad++ 6.7.4</span></strong><br />
open source programmer's text editor (Windows only)<br />
<a href="http://notepad-plus-plus.org/">http://notepad-plus-plus.org/</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#090;">Vala 0.26.2 Stable</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Vala 0.27.1 Beta</span></strong><br />
object-oriented system programming language that runs at the speed of C<br />
Vala syntax resembles C# and Genie syntax resembles Python<br />
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library<br />
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie<br />
<a href="http://live.gnome.org/Vala">http://live.gnome.org/Vala</a> (Vala info)<br />
<a href="http://live.gnome.org/Genie">http://live.gnome.org/Genie</a> (Genie info)</p>
<p><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>Meaning of Colors</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#f00;">Red = New or Warning</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#090;">Green = Updated</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color:#555;">Gray = Info Only</span></strong></p>
<p>Engine List: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_engine_list</a><br />
Chess News: <a href="http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list">http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:chess_news_list</a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#555;">NOTE: If you want me to track a website for you, please email me and I will add it.<br />
ron _at_ computer-chess _dot_ org</span></strong></p>
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