A Novel Endeavor Benefits NetAid NetAid is an organisation that helps the needy using the internet. It has a number of Online Volunteers, one of whom wrote a novel in 30 days and raised $645 for NetAid. The money was raised through a blog such as this.

Java Technology and the Mission to Mars
How java is involved with the rovers that recently went to mars, also has a link to a stripped down version of the software that you can download so you can view a simulated 3D landscape and drive the Rover around in it.

Licence fees and GDP per capita: The case for open source in developing countriesGreat article on the relationship between licence fees of software and how it helps make a good case for open source software