Engine Updates

Hannibal 1.5 (UCI)
Win32/64; mp; multi-PV; supports Polyglot books
- "noticeably better" than previous version
- rewrote most of the support framework
- improved hash table handling
- improved SMP, now using C++11 threads
- improved endgame knowledge
- improved search including move selection, prunings, reductions, etc.
- Multi-PV support
- pawn hash and eval cache are per threads now
https://sites.google.com/site/edapostol/hannibal

Stockfish 6 (UCI)
C++ source; mp; multiPV; FRC; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac, Android, iOS; supports Syzygy egtbs
- Stockfish 6, RC 3 is the same as Stockfish 6
- support for Syzygy tablebases
- Elo improvement, around +50 Elo in self-play against Stockfish 5
http://abrok.eu/stockfish/ (unofficial builds)
http://stockfishchess.org/download/ (official builds)

Chess News

Jim Ablett Android compiles
- Komodo (BeeKay) 1028 JA (UCI)
- Xpdnt 091007 JA (WB)
- Bruja 1.9.1 JA (WB)
- Stockfish 6 JA (UCI)
http://jimablett.net63.net/compiles.html

Chess Programming Blogs

Nothing new today

Wiki Page Changes

updates by Norbert Raimund Leisner

GUI Protocol List
- added: Chess (UCI GUI)
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Mobile Chess List
- added: CEBoard for Pocket PC´s, Chess & Shogi 5 x 5 - MiniShogi for iOS
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:mobile_chess_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

BitTorrent 7.9.2 (build 38398)
freeware; the original bit torrent program; for Windows only
http://www.bittorrent.com/

Django 1.7.4
high-level, rapid development, Python-based web framework
- bugfix
https://www.djangoproject.com/

Feng Office 3.0.5.1
free web-based open source collaboration platform
management of: project tasks, billing, documents, communication, scheduling, electronic information, etc.
- only the 'Community Edition' is free
http://www.fengoffice.com/web/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengoo/files/fengoffice/ (download)

GPartEd Live 0.21.0-1 Stable
open source Gnome Partition Editor - resize, move, copy, check, label your hard drive's partitions
understands most file systems including all for Windows and Linux
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (homepage)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/ (project page)

HWiNFO32/HWiNFO64 4.50:
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)

MariaDB 10.0.16 Stable
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/10.0.16/ (MariaDB 10.0.16 page)

Pale Moon 25.2.1
open source, efficiency-optimized build of Firefox source code for Windows or Linux
- 32 & 64-bit versions available
http://www.palemoon.org/

Sabayon 15.02
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #31 in popularity
http://www.sabayon.org/

SuperAntiSpyware 6.0.1170 Free Edition
removes spyware, adware and malware; Windows only; no resident scanning for free version
http://www.superantispyware.com/

ToDoList 6.9.4
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)

Meaning of Colors

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

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