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Tumblecloud Is a Drag-and-Drop, Collaborative Multimedia Slideshow Tool [Webapps] : Tumblecloud is a new platform for piecing together music, videos, photos, and also websites into dynamic slideshows that you can share with others. Currently in beta, the free webapp can be used for "collaborative digital storytelling," as the founders describe it, for business or personal purposes. More »

How to Make Skype Play Nicely with Google Voice [How To] : Landlines are so 1990s. If you'd rather not use your cellphone at home but don't want to pay for an expensive landline, you can use Google Voice and Skype to set up a cheap home phone system that won't require everyone learning a new number. Here's how. More »

Complete guide to compiling OpenWRT : Regular reader [MS3FGX] recently wrote a guide to compiling OpenWRT from source . You may be wondering why directions for compiling an open source program warrant this kind of attention. The size and scope of the package make it difficult to traverse the options available to you at each point in the process, but [MS3FGX] adds clarity by discussion as much as possible along the way. OpenWRT is an open source alternative firmware package that runs on may routers. It started as a way to unlock the potential of the Linksys WRT54G. But the versatility of the user interface, and the accessibility of the Linux kernel made it a must-have for any router. This is part of what has complicated the build process. There are many different architectures supported and you’ve got to configure the package to build for your specific hardware (or risk a bad firmware flash!). You’ll need some hefty hardware to ease the processing time. The source package is ab...

Follow These Best Practices When Dual-Booting OS X and Windows 7 on a Hackintosh [Video] : Windows and Mac OS X don't always get along so well when they're required to co-exist on the same drive, but that doesn't mean they can't. Hackintosh master tonymacx86 outlines the best practices for setting up a dual-boot environment on your hackintosh in this charming video. You'll get all the information in the video above, but here's an outline of the steps you should take for reference: More »

How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network's WPA Password with Reaver [Video] : Your Wi-Fi network is your conveniently wireless gateway to the internet, and since you're not keen on sharing your connection with any old hooligan who happens to be walking past your home, you secure your network with a password, right? Knowing, as you might, how easy it is to crack a WEP password , you probably secure your network using the more bulletproof WPA security protocol. More »