Column of the WolfA daily mix of news covering technology, science, human rights, wolf news, stupid human tricks and many other topics.Customers Cry Fraud over Comcast P2P Meddling in New Lawsuit- June 9, 2008 Comcast may have agreed to end its practice of using forged TCP reset packets to hinder the P2P traffic of its customers, but the cable provider isn't out of the woods yet. Three class-action lawsuits were filed against Comcast this week in California, Illinois, and New Jersey, alleging that the company deceived and misled consumers by advertising that it offered unfettered access to all the content, services, and applications that the Internet has to offerhttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/archive/2008_06.html#007688 Windows XP SP3 Causing Router Crashes- June 8, 2008 Windows XP SP3 has been named as the culprit causing home routers to go into a crash and reboot cycle. One router maker has released firmware updates to fix the problem, but has not yet revealed what is actually different about XP SP3's networking stack or UPnP behaviour that causes the problem. Router maker Billion Managing Director Raaj Menon said as Microsoft plans to make Windows XP SP3 an automatic upgrade this month, the number of affected routers may increase significantly &8212; via...http://www.redwolf.com.au/column/archive/2008_06.html#007687 Is eBay Doing Enough to Stop Illegal Ivory Sales on Its Site- June 8, 2008 An animal welfare group charges that eBay sales of ivory are brisker than ever a year after the online marketplace promised to restrict the sale of products made from animal teeth and tusks &8212; many of which come from endangered species. The International Fund for Animal Welfare is urging eBay to ban &8212; not simply restrict &8212; all such sales on its web markethttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/archive/2008_06.html#007686 It's Official: Caribbean Monk Seal is Extinct- June 8, 2008 After five years of futile efforts to find or confirm sightings of any Caribbean monk seals &8212; even just one &8212; the US government on Friday announced that the species is officially extinct and the only seal to vanish due to human causeshttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/archive/2008_06.html#007685 Google Launches Gmail Labs To Test Extensions- June 7, 2008 Google has moved to convert its popular Gmail application from a proprietary service into a platform that developers can extend. Its launch of Gmail Labs provides a way to write and deploy moduleshttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/archive/2008_06.html#007684 |