Firefox to Block Third-Party Cookies by Default; Torvalds Rips Into Red Hat Developer

Don't miss a single issue of Slashback. Add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your address book. Firefox to Block Third-Party Cookies by Default Torvalds Rips Into Red Hat Developer Is the Wii U Already Dead? Why Working Remotely Needs to Make a Comeback NASCAR Tries to Take Down Video of Fans Injured by Crash Hot Comment: Re: American Wage Slaves are an Even Better Value From the Vault: 9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood Watch It: Self-Encrypting USB Hard Drives for All OSes  Poll Booth: If asked to read a corporate white paper, I feel like ... Firefox to Block Third-Party Cookies by Default Mozilla announced that starting with version 22, Firefox will begin blocking third-party cookies by default. Unsurprisingly, the initial response from the online advertising industry was hostile and blustering, calling the move "a nuclear first strike." Sound Off>> Torvalds Rips Into Red Hat Developer When ex-Red Hat developer Matthew Garrett made Microsoft the "universal" controller of any desktops PCs running with UEFI secure boot, many raised their eyebrows. But when Red Hat developer David Howells requested its inclusion in the kernel, Linus Torvalds unleashed a profanity-laced tirade. Sound Off>> Is the Wii U Already Dead? Sales of the Wii U have slowed down and even Ninetndo admitted that its aren't moving as many units as it would like. What happened? Will the console recover and bounce back? Will the PS4 and the next 360 put the final nail in the Wii U's coffin? Sound Off>> Why Working Remotely Needs to Make a Comeback The practice of remote working is centuries old--when goods were manufactured by contracting individual craftsmen who worked out of their homes. That all changed with the Industrial Revolution when production was centralized in factories and cities. But when the Information Age came, work didn't change for most of us. Sound Off>> NASCAR Tries to Take Down Video of Fans Injured by Crash Dozens of fans attending a NASCAR race at Daytona Speedway were injured when a crash during the last lap triggered a chain reaction. A riveting video clip of the chaotic scene was posted on YouTube, but was taken down when NASCAR claimed it violated their copyright. YouTube has since restored the fan's video. Sound Off>> Re: American Wage Slaves are an Even Better Value "No kidding. Don't take your vacation days, otherwise you can say goodbye to any chance of a promotion and hello to the front of the line for a layoff." --by Anonymous Coward Read More>>   9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood Six years ago, Neatorama listed nine laws of physics that don't apply in Hollywood (movies and television/TV shows). In general, filmmakers do follow the laws of physics because they have to, but when they cheat with special effects, people seem to forget how the world really works. Read More>>  Self-Encrypting USB Hard Drives for All OSes DataLocker has come up with a fully cross-platform, driver independent portable system that mates a touch-pad input device with an AES-encrypted drive. Tim Lord caught up with the comapny's CEO Jay Kim at RSA to get a closer look at the drive and find out what's it like to be a high-tech entrepreneur in Kansas.  Watch the Video>>        If asked to read a corporate white paper, I feel like ... Laughing Crying Stabbing Revising spam filters All of the above Giving it to paragraph three to catch my interest Are you kidding? This white paper is totally fascinating! Cast Your Vote>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.