Star Apps: Whitney Cummings

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Star Apps: Whitney Cummings

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 04:33 PM PDT

It's been three long years since Whitney Cummings' last stand-up tour. But between co-writing CBS series "2 Broke Girls" and starring on NBC's "Whitney" and E!'s "Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings," there just wasn't adequate time for touring. But now, with the cancellation of the latter two series (as well as two significant relationships), her schedule has opened up a bit. So she's hitting the road again with an entirely new act, inspired by a new attitude and lease on life. "People see me as a tough, ball-buster maneater, and this is kind of a different side of me," Cummings explained, in our recent interview.

Comedian Whitney Cummings is exposing her more vulnerable side on this tour.

Cummings opened up to Download.com about her new, more "vulnerable" act, her changed perspectives on marriage and porn, "2 Broke Girls," her friendship with Chelsea Handler, whether attractive comedians can be taken jokingly -- and why she's so into Voxer and self-help apps.

What can fans expect to see on the current tour? I'm actually so excited about this tour because all of this material is brand new and fresh, and since the last time that I was touring, three years ago, since I was doing the TV shows and haven't had time, I've changed so much. People are really surprised by the new material, because I went through two break-ups and had my hear... [Read more]

Firefox to deactivate most plug-ins by default

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:36 AM PDT

Firefox will ask users whether they want to run browser plug-ins, such as Microsoft's Silverlight or Apple's QuickTime. The browser can be set to always permit a particular Web site to run a certain plug-in.

(Credit: Mozilla)

Mozilla has dealt another blow to those who want to use plug-ins to extend the browser's capabilities. It's keeping all but Flash Player deactivated by default in a version of Firefox now under development.

With the click-to-run plug-in feature, announced in January, plug-ins such as Silverlight and QuickTime won't run unless the user authorizes it when a Web page using them loads. That feature now is built into the Aurora version of Firefox that will grow into the final release in coming weeks. The plug-in hurdle doesn't apply to Adobe Systems' Flash Player, by far the most widely installed and used plug-in. However, the new Firefox can be set to not run it by default.