Engine Updates

EXchess 7.71 (WB)
C++ source; mp; own GUI; FRC; limit strength; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac
- "about 20 Elo improvement in play over the previous version"
http://sites.google.com/site/experimentalchessprogram/

Gibbon 2.69.a (UCI)
C++ source (French comments); Win32/64
- estimated strength increase is 30 Elo
http://perso.numericable.com/monique.marathee/gibbon_home_page.html

Komodo 9.02 (UCI)
commercial; mp (64 threads); FRC; multiPV; Win32/64, Linux32/64, Mac; own GUI (Tarrasch Chess GUI); supports Syzygy egtbs
- bugfix: rare castling rights bug
http://komodochess.com/

OBender build July 22 2013 Beta (WB)
C source; own GUI; Win, Linux
- not new, but new to me
http://www.serg-nifont.narod.ru/obender.html

Phoenix (UCI)
new engine by A R Rahul, based on CuckooChess by Peter Osterlund
Java source
- source code only (no builds)
- piece-square table values in evaluation chosen by a learning algorithm
https://github.com/rahular/phoenix/ (source)
http://rahular.com/phoenix

Protector 1.8.0 (UCI)
C source; Win64
- Win64 only
http://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/protector/files/latest/download (direct link)

Sayuri 2015.05.27 (UCI)
C++ source (Japanese comments); mp (up to 64 threads); Linux64, Win64
http://github.com/MetalPhaeton/sayuri/releases

Chess News

Python-chess 0.8.1
chess library written in Python
https://github.com/niklasf/python-chess/releases

Chess Programming Blogs

MadChess: http://www.madchess.net/post/madchess-2-0-beta-build-83

Wiki Page Changes

Nothing new today

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

7-Zip 15.03 Alpha
open source, cross-platform file archiver with very good compression
- this is an *alpha* release
http://www.7-zip.org

Alpine 3.2.0
independent Linux distro; XFCE desktop; #48 in popularity
http://www.alpinelinux.org/

Any Video Converter 5.8.1
Windows/Mac freeware/commercial multimedia converter
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

Autoruns 13.40
Windows program shows programs configured to run during system bootup or login, and
the processing order of these programs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902

Calibre 2.28.0
cross-platform open source ebook manager supporting all popular ebook readers
with format conversion, news feeds, and integrated e-book viewer
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Git 2.4.2
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

GPU-Z 0.8.3
free utility: information about your video card and GPU
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ (info)
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/ (download)

HHVM 3.7.1
HHVM 3.6.3
Facebook's open-source replacement/improvement for PHP
- HHVM programs run much faster than PHP programs
- package includes the Hack programming language, versions 3.7.1 or 3.6.3
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/releases

LLVM 3.6.1
compiler back-end for compile-time, link-time, run-time, and "idle-time" optimization of programs written in arbitrary programming languages
http://llvm.org/

MySQL Community Server 5.6.25
free (Community Server Edition only!), cross-platform, very popular open source SQL database
- slowly losing popularity to MariaDB, a work-alike, drop-in competitor with more features
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ (download)

PDF-XChange Viewer 2.5.313.0
free PDF file viewer for Windows
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

phpMyAdmin 4.4.8
web admin to view/change MySQL/MariaDB databases; interactive commandline SQL; import/export, etc.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

PyDev 4.1.0 for Eclipse
open source Python IDE for Eclipse; can be used for Python, Jython, and IronPython development
http://pydev.org/

Python 2.7.10
popular general-purpose, open source programming language
- silent update, version number unchanged
https://www.python.org/ (homepage)
https://www.python.org/downloads/ (downloads)

Sabayon 15.06
Gentoo-based, rolling release distro; choice of desktops: GNOME, KDE, MATE or Xfce; #37 in popularity
http://www.sabayon.org/

Sandboxie 4.18
free utility (nagware): run/install programs in a sandbox environment that attempts to protect your Windows stability/security
http://www.sandboxie.com/ (homepage)

Trillian 5.6.0.5
open source instant messaging program
http://www.trillian.im/

UltraVNC 1.2.0.6
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)

Vala/Genie 0.29.1 Beta
object-oriented system programming language that runs at the speed of C
Vala syntax resembles C# and Genie syntax resembles Python
the common language compiler outputs OO C code using the GObject library
not yet at version 1.0, but some large apps are written in Vala/Genie
- this is a *development version* (aka beta)
http://live.gnome.org/Vala (Vala info)
http://live.gnome.org/Genie (Genie info)

Meaning of Colors

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

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