Teaching Oject Orientated Programming in Java

BlueJ – Teaching Java
From the description:
The aim of BlueJ is to provide an easy-to-use teaching environment for the Java language that facilitates the teaching of Java to first year students. Special emphasis has been placed on visualisation and interaction techniques to create a highly interactive environment that encourages experimentation and exploration.

As Alex says, Social Software in a box, just add water

AlstraSoft E-Friends – Run your own online social networking community just like Friendster. Members create their own personal friends network, meet new friends, dating and join groups
From the site:
AlstraSoft E-Friends is an online social networking software that allows you to start your own site just like Friendster and Tribe.net. The E-Friends software allows members to connect to people in their personal networks and community, creating a new online interactive resource that is based on a trusted network of friends and associates on the internet

Public Access TV Related Sites

The Alliance for Community Media
Global Village CAT
The Buske Group
Study of US PEG Access Center

Policy and Media Activism Sites:
National Federation of Community Broadcasters
Media Reform Network
Center for Creative Voices in the Media
Independent Media Centers
Prometheus Radio Project
Media Access Project
Spectrum Policy, New America Foundation
The Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers

NY State Legislation:
New York State Public Service Commission

New York City Public Access Centers:
Brooklyn Community Access TV
BronxNet
MNN
Queens Public Television
Staten Island Community Television

Open Source Small Device C Compiler

SDCC – Small Device C Compiler
From the site:
SDCC is a Freeware, retargettable, optimizing ANSI – C compiler that targets the Intel 8051, Maxim 80DS390 and the Zilog Z80 based MCUs. Work is in progress on supporting the Motorola 68HC08 as well as Microchip PIC14 and PIC16 series. The entire source code for the compiler is distributed under GPL.

NSA contributing to Linux


Security-Enhanced Linux

From the site:
As part of its Information Assurance mission, the National Security Agency has long been involved with the computer security research community in investigating a wide range of computer security topics including operating system security. Recognizing the critical role of operating system security mechanisms in supporting security at higher levels, researchers from NSA’s Information Assurance Research Group have been investigating an architecture that can provide the necessary security functionality in a manner that can meet the security needs of a wide range of computing environments.

Thanks Hans