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.

Regular computer usage can lead to various health problems and maintaining a good working posture and doing exercise helps a lot to counter the health hazard, here is how a geek meditation session goes :).

Theme Manager - a free utility for Windows 7 allows users to browse and install hundreds of unofficial themes from a single easy to use interface. Neatly divided into 15 different categories - TV Series, Landscape, Celebrities, Animals, Movies, 3D, Cars, Space, Motorcycle, Cartoons, Games, Anime, Computers, Sport, and Abstract users simply need to click on a theme's icon to instantly download and apply the theme.

Managing installed themes is also very simple, just switch to "Installed Themes" tab and you have all the options to manage already installed themes including uninstallation, New themes are automatically added to the catalog.

We have seen leaked images and downloads of Windows 8 OS but this time Microsoft has finally unveiled the very first video demonstration showing us what's in the store for upcoming major upgrade to Windows platform.

The video demos the next generation of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8”. According to the official announcement the "Windows 8" based PC is really a new kind of device completely revamped from the chip to the user-interface, one that scales from touch-only small screens through to large screens, with or without a keyboard and mouse.

The demo shows the metro tile based user-interface for a new generation of touch-centric hardware. Fast, fluid and dynamic, the experience has been transformed while keeping the power, flexibility and connectivity of Windows intact - watch the full video after the jump.

Malware infections can sometimes block anti-malware utilities or even make the computer unbootable, Microsoft has now came up with a free "Standalone System Sweeper" utility enabling users to get rid of those nasty infections allowing them to perform offline scans to remove viruses, trojans and rootkits effectively.

Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper allows users to download latest definitions and make a bootable CD, DVD, or USB stick which when booted from loads the Windows Preinstall Environment (Windows PE) to run the scan and clean infections.

Thanks to the awesome GPU power provided by nVidia Tegra 2 and strong gaming platform support by "Google Android", console quality games on mobile phones like "RipTide GP" are here.

Riptide GP is a brand new console-quality water racing game for android mobile phones and tablets, the game features super-realistic water physics with real-time reflections, and gorgeous high-detail vehicles and environments offering a super immersible HD quality gaming experience on mobile devices. The players take control of a supercharged jet-ski and take a wild ride through twisting canals and rivers, futuristic cityscapes, and mysterious research facilities. Skill, stunts, and speed will be your best allies as you grab massive air off huge waves, kick out death-defying tricks, and boost your jet ski to victory across a dynamic, ever-changing torrent of foam and spray.

Multi-host download services are the smarter choice for today's downloaders, FilePunch.Me is yet another service offering users the ability to download as a premium user from multiple file-hosts via a single account. The nifty web-app fetches and stores remotely hosted files promising fastest speeds in the industry, apart from providing flexibility the man-in-the-middle proxy aggregator also provides absolute anonymity and secure private downloads.

Once again we have free one month premium accounts for our blog readers to giveaway, read instructions after the jump to get started.

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.

If you are a power-user you definitely need a tool like "Free Opener" on your computer, Just imagine the time and effort you require to download and install individual software utilities to view those common file-formats like Microsoft® Office, Adobe® PDF, music, video, images, code-files, archives and many other files.

"Free Opener" is a smart choice making all these hassles go away by offering a single solution to open more than 75+ file-extensions including common ones like DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, CSV, PDF, RAR, ZIP, .PSD Photoshop files and many-many more. It's a win-win solution for everybody, you not only save-up time installing all these applications but also save disk-space and system resources giving away all the bloat of those individual applications.

Computer technology has grown by leaps and bounds, but surprisingly very less has improved when it comes to BIOS - the very first thing which takes control when starting a computer. We still have to make our way through an cumbersome to use keyboard only navigation with DOS styled interface, but thanks to new Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) BIOS specification things are soon going to get graphical with full mouse and scroll-wheel support and even make you booting time faster.

The good news is that you won't have to wait long for this, as Asus will soon launch new UEFI(Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) based motherboards - these new motherboards will support 3 TB disk-drives and feature new user-interface with EZ & advanced modes with full mouse support and drag-n-drop.

UEFI graphical user interface demo and boot speed comparison video after the jump.