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XHTML 2 Working Group Expected to Stop Work End of 2009, W3C to Increase Resources on HTML 5

2009-07-02: Today the Director announces that when the XHTML 2 Working Group charter expires as scheduled at the end of 2009, the charter will not be renewed. By doing so, and by increasing resources in the HTML Working Group, W3C hopes to accelerate the progress of HTML 5 and clarify W3C's position regarding the future of HTML. A FAQ answers questions about the future of deliverables of the XHTML 2 Working Group, and the status of various discussions related to HTML. Learn more about the HTML Activity. (Permalink)
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Wood Pellets in Spalding. Best Prices. Free Delivery. The Environmentally Friendly Heating Fuel

Wood Pellet Fuel

Wood pellet fuel is a renewable, clean-burning high-density biomass fuel made from recycled wood waste or sawdust.


The use of biomass fuel is a ‘carbon neutral’ process,the carbon dioxide released by burning is balanced by that absorbed by the tree during its growth.

Wood pellets-largeWood pellet fuel is manufactured from sustainable resources, is Carbon neutral, clean and easy to use. The ash from the pellets, which is rich in minerals, can be recycled to fertilise forests, parks or gardens.

Our wood pellets which have a consistent size of 6mm in diameter and very easy to handle they can be burned in specially designed wood pellet stoves which are fed from a hopper via a worm-drive, ( may also be burnt on an open fire )

This looks like a good idea. Better than chopping logs or burning all your old furniture.

Windmills used for grinding snuff in Holland

"Most windmills today are used to generate electricity or pump water. But along the shores of a man-made lake in Rotterdam, two giants of antiquated machinery remain conscripted to their original purpose: pulverizing the fruits of the land for human consumption."snuff_1b.jpg

 Despite, or possibly because of, continued public health campaigns against smoking, the demand for snuff is on the rise.

 Nice little piece on the use of old technology, keeping old windmills active grinding tobacco leaves into aromatic snuff.

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Are cyber criminals are selling the contents of your PC?

Your home or business PC could be being used and reused by multiple criminal elements behind your back, security specialists have warned.

 Cyber criminals are trading the digital assets of PC's without the users knowledge, according to security supplier Finjan.

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How can you be sure you erased all the data from that old hard disk

Here's an interesting piece, plus a short video from the BBC, about erasing data from hard drives before selling or disposing of your old PC.

http://www.spaldingcomputers.co.uk/words/did-you-really-erase-all-that-data-f...

In short it's actually quite difficult to do. Even after a reformat and re-install of Windows, much of your old data is still on the drive and easily recovered with free software downloaded from the internet.