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Top Story: The 10 Most Annoying Facebook Features Tired of hearing about your friends' Farmville crops or them finding out what video you're watching? Here's how to fix the biggest annoyances in the world's most popular social network. Share: News Microsoft Surface Tablet: 5 Questions Microsoft's new Surface tablet looked good at its introduction, but questions about pricing, arrival, connectivity, and more remain unanswered. Share: Microsoft Surface Tablet: Initial Impressions Redmond has spared no detail in reconsidering what a tablet can, and should, be. Share: How Alan Turing Set the Rules for Computing The 100th birthday of a the polymath prompts reflection that without Turing's work, today's computers would simply not exist. Share: How-To How to Manage Your Business's Online Reputation Monitor what people are saying about your company on the Web, and set the record straight if things go south. 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