Engine Updates

Embla 0.9.1 (UCI)
mp (INT_MAX cores); supports Syzygy ebtbs; Linux64, Win
- silent updates, version number unchanged
- lots of new rebuilds including new Linux, Win, Raspberry Pi & Mac compiles
http://www.vanheusden.com/Embla/
https://www.vanheusden.com/Embla/files/

Gogobello 0.12 (XB)
Win; supports Polyglot books; supports Syzygy egtbs
http://www.g-sei.org/gogobello/ (G-Sei)
http://sasachess.altervista.org/gogobello/ (homepage)

Chess News

icsdroneng 0.29
interface between an xboard chess engine and an ICS (Internet Chess Server); UCI engines are supported by using Polyglot adapter
original icsdroneng program written by Henrik Gram, now maintained by Michel Van den Bergh
- you must build it yourself
http://sourceforge.net/projects/icsdrone/files/ (tar.gz)
http://hardy.uhasselt.be/Toga/icsdroneng-release/ (tar.gz, rpm, & amd64deb)

KingBase 03/2016 Game Databases
free chess games collections in PGN, SCID & CBV formats
- first time listed here
- new games are added monthly
http://www.kingbase-chess.net/

Norm Pollock site
- web address changed again
http://www.hoflink.com/~npollock/40H.html

Ordo 1.1.8
calculates relative ratings based on game results
https://github.com/michiguel/Ordo/releases

Ordoprep 1.1.8
new program by Miguel Ballicora
- "preparation of PGN files for rating calculation programs such as Ordo"
https://github.com/michiguel/Ordo/releases/

Tarrasch Chess GUI alpha.2016-03-12.a (UCI)
C++ source; open source Chess GUI by Bill Forster
- not cross-platform: Windows only
http://www.triplehappy.com/ (homepage)
https://github.com/billforsternz/tarrasch-chess-gui (code repository)
https://github.com/billforsternz/tarrasch-chess-gui/releases/ (download)

Chess Programming Blogs

Tarrasche Chess GUI: https://triplehappy.wordpress.com/2016/03/12/tarrasch-v3-demo-this-time-its-useful/

Updated Wiki Pages

Engine GUI List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:engine_gui_list

GUI Protocol List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:gui_protocol_support_list

Macintosh Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:macintosh_engine_list

Private Engine List
update by Ron Murawski
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:private_engine_list

Stockfish Engine List
update by Norbert Raimund Leisner
http://computer-chess.org/doku.php?id=computer_chess:wiki:lists:stockfish_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

NOTE: I had an argument with Microsoft. They thought they owned my computer, I thought I did. Microsoft won by cheating, they clobbered my sys admin settings. All future updates of Windows-only software will no longer be listed here.

AdBlock 2.51.1
Google Chrome extension to block ads, thereby preventing malware infections
- not related to AdBlocck Plus
http://www.getadblock.com/

Adblock Plus 1.11 for Chrome, Opera and Safari
free, open source browser plugin that blocks most web advertisements
- not related to AdBlocck
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.182
free cross-platform flash video player for browsers
- Flash is in undisputed first-place as the most common avenue of infection
- Adobe bundles unwanted 3rd party crapware, beware!
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Calibre 2.53.0
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/

Cassandra 3.4
free, popular, open source, distributed NoSQL database; uses wide column store model
http://cassandra.apache.org/download/

ClearOS 7.2.0
RedHat-based Linux distro (based on CentOS); GNOME, KDE desktops; #33 in popularity
http://www.clearfoundation.com/

CMake 3.5.0
cross-platform, open-source build system for C/C++
https://cmake.org/

Dr Memory 1.10.0
cross-platform (Linux or Win) 32-bit programmer's aid to detect:
access to uninitialized memory, unaddressable memory (including outside of allocated heap units
and heap underflow and overflow), freed memory, double frees, memory leaks, and on Win
access to un-reserved thread local storage slots and common GDI API usage errors
- adds preliminary support for 64-bit & Android platform
https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory (homepage)
https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory/releases (download)

Feng Office 3.4.1
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)

Firefox 45.0
popular, free, open source browser
http://www.mozilla.com/ (homepage)

Geany 1.27
open source cross-platform programmer's editor & lightweight IDE
supports more than 50 programming languages; recommended
- new plugins add some new features
- lots of bugfix/security/stability updates
http://www.geany.org/ (homepage)
http://wiki.geany.org/ (wiki)

Ghostery 6.0.3 For Firefox
free browser addon; alerts you about web bugs, ad networks and tracking widgets on every web page you visit;
"See who's tracking your web browsing and block them"
http://www.ghostery.com/download

Git 2.7.3
cross-platform, distributed version control system that is free and open source
http://git-scm.com/

Google Chrome 49.0.2623.87
popular cross-platform web browser
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/?

Jenkins 1.652
cross-platform, open source, continuous integration server for developers
- automates the building/testing process
http://jenkins-ci.org/

LibreOffice 5.1.1
cross platform open source fork of OpenOffice project; word processing, chart, spreadsheet, database, etc.
http://www.documentfoundation.org/ (homepage)

Linux Kernel 4.4.5
- the Linux kernel has been updated
http://www.kernel.org/

LLVM 3.8.0
compiler back-end for compile-time, link-time, run-time, and "idle-time" optimization of programs
written in arbitrary programming languages
http://llvm.org/

Manjaro 16.03
Arch-based, rolling-release distro; desktops: Openbox, Cinnamon, KDE, MATE, Xfce; #6 in popularity
- this is the monthly release
http://manjaro.org/

MongoDB 3.2.4 Stable
free, open source NoSQL database; uses document store model
http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

PyPy 5.0
cross-platform, open source Python implementation; choose JIT (default), no JIT, stackless, or sandboxed;
also available: back ends for .NET and Java (see: 'Features' page);
other languages that run in the JIT: Prolog (incomplete), Smalltalk, JavaScript, Io, Scheme and Gameboy
for Win32, Linux 32/64, Mac64, & ARM
- syntax-compatible with Python 2.7.10 (PyPy) or 3.2.5 (PyPy3)
- "7.7 times faster than Python 2.7.2 (last version was 7 times faster); see:
http://speed.pypy.org/ (speed benchmarks)
http://pypy.org/ (homepage)

Scala 2.11.8
a powerful OO, imperative/functional jvm language for professional programmers w/Actors for concurrency
http://www.scala-lang.org/

Tails 2.2
Debian-based Linux32 distro; GNOME desktop; #23 in popularity
distro has the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user
https://tails.boum.org/

Tor Browser 5.5.3
cross-platform browser that provides some Internet anonymity for the user
- best privacy is achieved using it under Tails operating system
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en

Meaning of Colors

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

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