documentation updates

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diff --git a/web/index.txt b/web/index.txt
index 947ebb706..04c953628 100644
--- a/web/index.txt
+++ b/web/index.txt
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 Home
 ====
 
-Welcome to Nimrod
------------------
+Welcome to Nim
+--------------
 
-**Nimrod** is a statically typed, imperative programming language that tries to
-give the programmer ultimate power without compromises on runtime efficiency. 
-This means it focuses on compile-time mechanisms in all their
-various forms.
+**Nim** (formerly known as "Nimrod") is a statically typed, imperative 
+programming language that tries to give the programmer ultimate power without 
+compromises on runtime efficiency. This means it focuses on compile-time
+mechanisms in all their various forms.
 
 Beneath a nice infix/indentation based syntax with a 
 powerful (AST based, hygienic) macro system lies a semantic model that supports 
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ shared memory heap is also provided for the increased efficiency that results
 from that model.
 
 
-Nimrod looks like this:
-=======================
+Nim looks like this:
+====================
 
-.. code-block:: nimrod
+.. code-block:: nim
   # compute average line length
   var count = 0
   var sum = 0
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ Nimrod looks like this:
     if count > 0: sum / count else: 0
 
 
-Nimrod is efficient
-===================
+Nim is efficient
+================
 
 * Native code generation (currently via compilation to C), not dependent on a
-  virtual machine: **Nimrod produces small executables without dependencies
+  virtual machine: **Nim produces small executables without dependencies
   for easy redistribution.**
 * A fast **non-tracing** garbage collector that supports soft 
   real-time systems (like games).
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ Nimrod is efficient
   the stack.
 
 
-Nimrod is expressive
-====================
+Nim is expressive
+=================
 
-* **The Nimrod compiler and all of the standard library are implemented in 
-  Nimrod.**
+* **The Nim compiler and all of the standard library are implemented in 
+  Nim.**
 * Built-in high level datatypes: strings, sets, sequences, etc.
 * Modern type system with local type inference, tuples, variants, 
   generics, etc.
@@ -69,31 +69,31 @@ Nimrod is expressive
 * Macros can modify the abstract syntax tree at compile time.
 
 
-Nimrod is elegant
-=================
+Nim is elegant
+==============
 
-* Macros can use the imperative paradigm to construct parse trees. Nimrod
+* Macros can use the imperative paradigm to construct parse trees. Nim
   does not require a different coding style for meta programming.
-* Macros cannot change Nimrod's syntax because there is no need for it. 
-  Nimrod's syntax is flexible enough.
+* Macros cannot change Nim's syntax because there is no need for it. 
+  Nim's syntax is flexible enough.
 * Statements are grouped by indentation but can span multiple lines.
   Indentation must not contain tabulators so the compiler always sees
   the code the same way as you do.
 
 
-Nimrod plays nice with others
-=============================
+Nim plays nice with others
+==========================
 
-* The Nimrod Compiler runs on Windows, Linux, BSD and Mac OS X.
+* The Nim Compiler runs on Windows, Linux, BSD and Mac OS X.
   Porting to other platforms is easy.
-* **The Nimrod Compiler can also generate C++ or Objective C for easier
+* **The Nim Compiler can also generate C++ or Objective C for easier
   interfacing.**
 * There are lots of bindings: for example, bindings to GTK2, the Windows API, 
   the POSIX API, OpenGL, SDL, Cairo, Python, Lua, TCL, X11, libzip, PCRE, 
   libcurl, mySQL and SQLite are included in the standard distribution or
   can easily be obtained via the
   `Babel package manager <https://github.com/nimrod-code/babel>`_.
-* A C to Nimrod conversion utility: New bindings to C libraries are easily 
+* A C to Nim conversion utility: New bindings to C libraries are easily 
   generated by ``c2nim``.
 
 
diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt
index ceb23a6dd..8a28292e6 100644
--- a/web/news.txt
+++ b/web/news.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ News
 ====
 
 ..
-  2014-06-29 Version 0.9.6 released
-  =================================
+  2014-10-11 Version 0.10.0 released
+  ==================================
 
   Changes affecting backwards compatibility
   -----------------------------------------
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ News
     found under the `nim-code <https://github.com/nimrod-code>`_ organisation.
   - Removed the deprecated ``web`` module, the ``httpclient`` module should
     be used instead.
+  - Large parts of the stdlib got rid of the T/P type prefixes. Instead most
+    types now simply start with an uppercased letter. The
+    so called "partial case sensitivity" is now active allowing code 
+    like ``var foo: Foo``.
   - String case (or any non-ordinal case) statements 
     without 'else' are deprecated.
   - Recursive tuple types are not allowed anymore. Use ``object`` instead.
diff --git a/web/question.txt b/web/question.txt
index e6f4d40a5..52809ff90 100644
--- a/web/question.txt
+++ b/web/question.txt
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 General
 =======
 
-What is Nimrod?
----------------
+What is Nim?
+------------
 
-Nimrod is a statically typed, imperative programming language that tries to
-give the programmer ultimate power without compromises on runtime efficiency. 
+Nim (formerly known as "Nimrod") is a statically typed, imperative programming
+language that tries to give the programmer ultimate power without compromises
+on runtime efficiency.
 This means it focuses on compile-time mechanisms in all their
 various forms. Beneath a nice infix/indentation based syntax with a 
 powerful (AST based, hygienic) macro system lies a semantic model that supports 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ from that model.
 Why yet another programming language?
 -------------------------------------
 
-Nimrod is one of the very few *programmable* statically typed languages, and 
+Nim is one of the very few *programmable* statically typed languages, and 
 one of the even fewer that produces native binaries that require no 
 runtime or interpreter.
 
@@ -36,29 +37,29 @@ C++, Python, Lisp, Oberon.
 
 
 
-What is Nimrod's take on concurrency?
--------------------------------------
+What is Nim's take on concurrency?
+----------------------------------
 
-Nimrod primarily focusses on thread local (and garbage collected) heaps and 
-asynchronous message passing between threads. Each thread has its own GC, so no 
+Nim primarily focusses on thread local (and garbage collected) heaps and 
+message passing between threads. Each thread has its own GC, so no 
 "stop the world" mechanism is necessary. An unsafe shared memory heap is also
-provided. 
+provided.
 
 Future versions will additionally include a GC "per thread group" 
-and Nimrod's type system will be enhanced to accurately model this shared
+and Nim's type system will be enhanced to accurately model this shared
 memory heap.
 
 
-How is Nimrod licensed?
------------------------
+How is Nim licensed?
+--------------------
 
-The Nimrod compiler and the library are MIT licensed.
+The Nim compiler and the library are MIT licensed.
 This means that you can use any license for your own programs developed with
-Nimrod.
+Nim.
 
 
-How stable is Nimrod?
----------------------
+How stable is Nim?
+------------------
 
 The compiler is in development and some important features are still missing.
 However, the compiler is quite stable already: It is able to compile itself 
@@ -66,11 +67,11 @@ and a substantial body of other code. Until version 1.0.0 is released,
 minor incompatibilities with older versions of the compiler will be introduced.
 
 
-How fast is Nimrod?
--------------------
+How fast is Nim?
+----------------
 Benchmarks show it to be comparable to C. Some language features (methods, 
 closures, message passing) are not yet as optimized as they could and will be.
-The only overhead Nimrod has over C is the GC which has been tuned 
+The only overhead Nim has over C is the GC which has been tuned 
 for years but still needs some work.
 
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ but would require much work.
 What about editor support?
 --------------------------
 
-- Nimrod IDE: https://github.com/nimrod-code/Aporia
+- Nim IDE: https://github.com/nimrod-code/Aporia
 - Emacs: https://github.com/Tass/nimrod-mode
 - Vim: https://github.com/zah/nimrod.vim/
 - Scite: Included