I know it's not free, but you can host the software on a linux box (even a cheap VPS will do nicely) and their pricing is *significantly* better than team viewer/etc, especially in bulk,. I also know they offer heavily discounted non-profit pricing.

It's mainly designed for the "run it for a few minutes, solve the issue and automatic uninstall when done" model.
The problem with join.me/teamviewer, is that the person has to read you numbers off the screen before you connect.
With Screen connect, they just run the app and you are automatically connected to the support rep.

I really like the way their software works because you can setup a "one click" installer, send them a webpage to pick a queue or make a separate queue for each rep. It works great between restarts and with UAT, as well has the option of letting you securely store the users password (so you don't have to keep asking them each time and the user doesn't have to tell you what it is either).

http://www.screenconnect.com/

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned them yet, but they make damn good gear and very reasonable prices.
There is more of a learning curve to set them up but you can get a router (not just NAT, but with OSPF,BGP, RIP,etc) starting around $40.

I've gone through quite a bit of business grade IT gear, and their interface is still one of my favorites.
I had spent a solid 2-3 days trying to get a port mirroring into a vlan working correctly with a couple of netgear/hp/ciscoSMB switches, but it took me less than 5 minutes with a RB250G (~$40). Define virtual interface, in, out and done.

http://routerboard.com/RB951-2n

The project TOR was based upon (Onion Routing) that was a research project by the U.S. Navy.
https://www.torproject.org/about/overview

For a quite some time, Tor was getting code contributions/updates from them.

So, at the very least, the US government has known about it's existence from the very beginning.

There is a non-zero probability that there is a backdoor has been put into the TOR system.
As for how likely that is, would be anyone's guess. ::Insert conspiracy theory here::

It is worth mentioning that the NSA *has* been caught putting in a backdoor in encryption stands in the past - see the DES Standard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Encryption_Standard).

Take it as you will

A few months ago, a co-worker had setup an improvised security camera for our by using an old iphone, a power cord, running a free app and some tape.

It was mainly to protect the room which was full of computer equipment (that was going to be deployed at a convention, for a brief time and then brought back).

It was much more amusing to see us going in and out with carts of gear then it was an effective security device, but it would could be used for a lot of fun art/photography projects.

Super easy to setup, free (if you already have the phone) and it's easy to get the pictures/video off it.

With great difficulty, I figured out how to get google search to NOT do instant searching and NOT do the auto-complete thing, without having to define a cookie.

Set this page to your homepage and do searches the old fashoned way
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en&instant=0

I have been using dd-wrt/tomato for years and I agree with some of the other posters, that development is nearly at a standstill.

IMHO, you should switch to a different platform - MikroTik!

The software is *way* more powerful than dd-wrt, has been more stable and performed exceptionally for me. I must admit, there is a bit of a learning curve but there is a lot of guides out there now and they have added a windows-based GUI, as well as significantly improved their web interface, so most basic stuff is point and click now. You can do some really powerful stuff that you would have to shell out big bucks for a cisco or the like.

They have just released a new model that supports 802.11n, using a internal diversified/MIMO antenna that transmit up to 1 Watt! (Most AP's use a 10th of that)
All for only $59! They make the hardware and the software, so you know all of the drivers are going to work.
http://routerboard.com/RB751U-2HnD

You can do stuff like make a separate SSID for guests (without a password), put it on a separate subnet to isolate it from your home network, setup strict firewall restrictions based on bandwith/port/packet shaping rules so they can't run bit-torrent and suck up all your bandwith,etc.

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You could also buy a 802.11n router, turn off the router mode (disable DHCP) and just use it as an access point. Boom - you get all of the features of dd-wrt (by still using the old model for routing) but use the new one for wireless access. I've also done that for a number of years and it works great.