HTML 5 is on the way, I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to it and the new CSS as the initial reports I've heard are that they're going to be tricky, tricky means not everyone will swap over at the same time and that means you'll have some people developing old sites, some new etc etc ... like it or lump it HTML 5 is on the way and it's gonna be here to stay (for awhile anyways!)

Anyways, here's a really great article on HTML 5 by J. DAVID EISENBERG.

HTML And You