Mozilla recently drew the ire of the online ad industry by announcing plans to move forward with a project to block third-party cookies in the Firefox browser. Randall Rothenberg, President and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, publicly called on the company to retreat, arguing that it shouldn't try to implement "economic and cultural policies." Today, Mozilla's Harvey Anderson fired back, arguing that the company has the right to configure Firefox in a way that prevents ad networks (and anyone else) from setting tracking cookies on users' machines.

The TV networks have been battling online video startups Aereo and Aereokiller practically since the day they said they would launch. Both companies offer a paid service that enables people to stream over-the-air TV programs to iPads, iPhones and other devices. The startups also offer DVR functionality, allowing subscribers to record shows and stream them later. Both services are seen as enabling cord-cutting, even though they only offer the over-the-air shows that people can obtain without pricey cable subscriptions.