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Feed Feature: VMWare: New kid on the block (macworld.com)

From feed by macworldfeed on Wednesday April 18, 2007 @12:53PM

VMWare has been providing virtualization software for Windows users for years. VMWare Fusion, which has been available as a free public beta since late December 2006, is the company's first Mac product.

Feed LASIK For Older Adults - Benefits And Problems (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Wednesday April 18, 2007 @12:52PM

Medical researchers report on the safety, efficacy and predictability of laser eye surgery -- laser in situ keratomileusis or LASIK -- in patients 40-69 years old.

Submission + - The Math of Text Readability

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 18, 2007 @12:01PM

An anonymous reader writes: Wired magazine has an article that explains The Law of Optical Volumes, a formula for spacing the letters on a printed page that results in maximum readability. Wired's new logo (did anyone notice?) obeys the law. Unfortunately, Web fonts don't allow custom kerning pairs, so you can't work the same magic online as in print. Could this be why some people still prefer newspapers and magazines to the Web?

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