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CAPTCHA's are a necessary evil, nobody likes them but they are needed to thwart away the real evil. Various alternative solutions to image based CAPTCHA's are now being developed and tested to make things as simple as possible for humans still protecting automated exploitation of web-services.

MotionCAPTCHA is one such promising development, the jQuery CAPTCHA plugin is based on the HTML5 Canvas Harmony procedural drawing tool and requires users to sketch the shape they see in the canvas in order to submit a form.

At the moment, MotionCAPTCHA is just a proof-of-concept and uses client-side gesture recognition, the next releases will feature the ability to use this in production environments as a serious CAPTCHA alternative.

The current stable Firefox version is 4 and version 5 Beta channel is there for testing new features which are a bit stable and needs user feedback, Mozilla has now initiated a brand new "Aurora" branch which should be considered the "ALPHA" stage featuring the newest innovations before they go to beta channel and will finally get released as "Firefox 6".

Currently "Firefox Aurora" provides users and Web developers more control over their browsing and development environments while improving overall performance, the new experimental "Data Management Window" feature allows users to define and control access of private data to specific websites, a new and revamped Add-ons Manager and plugin-checker now allows quick verification of compatibility.

Much anticipated Google NFC (Near field communication) payment service "Google Wallet" finally got unveiled officially, the Google Wallet app once installed on your mobile-phone will make your phone your secure digital wallet. With NFC enabled mobile-devices users will be able to pay for services by just tapping on their phones at any "near field communication (NFC)" payment terminal, since this is an mobile application users will not only be able to store and use their credit-cards but also manage shopping information like offers, loyalty cards and gift cards. When you tap to pay, your phone will also automatically redeem offers and earn loyalty points for you.

ESET NOD32 impacted the Windows anti-virus software business heavily when their fast and light-weight solution became an instant hit amongst users, eventually forcing other companies to cut their software-bloat to remain competitive. ESET has now announced first public beta of their "NOD32 Antivirus 5" and "Smart Security 5", featuring new improvements like all new Cloud-Powered Reputation system, Optimized Startup Procedure, Enhanced removable media control, new refreshing Graphic User Interface and new Gamer Mode.