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Transmission, the quick, simple Bittorrent client for Mac/Linux, has just released version 1.02. This is a bugfix version to fix some issues such as choking certain routers (like it was doing to mine) and increasing GTK+ compatibility. Here’s the full changelog:
Version 1.02 (2008/1/22):
All Platforms:
+ Fix 1.00 bug that choked some models of routers
+ Fix 1.00 [...]

If you didn’t know by now, the cable-provider Comcast was caught a while ago throttling BitTorrent bandwidth. They use a packet-shaping software called Sandvine to slow down and completely block P2P traffic in some cases. They currently deny that they use any sort of traffic-shaping software along these lines, and have even issued internal memos [...]