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Today in Tech: Yahoo to kill 50 properties in restructuring

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* Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Scott Thompson announced he's cutting or "transitioning" at least 50 Yahoo properties to focus on core products like Mail, Finance, and Sports. (Techcrunch)

* Still wowed by Facebook's $1 billion purchase of Instagram? Prepare to be wowed again. The company actually wanted twice that initially. (The Wall Street Journal)

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Today in Tech: Yahoo restructures

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* Yahoo (YHOO) is indeed restructuring into three distinct areas: Consumer, Regions, and Technology. (All Things D)

* In light of Instagram's $1 billion buyout by Facebook, a look at 30 of the most notable tech acquisitions from the last decade. (Wired)

* Amazon (AMZN) finally rolled out its in-app purchasing service, which MORE

Today in Tech: Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion, boosts mobile strategy?

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* In a surprising move, Facebook is buying Instagram for $1 billion. Did Instagram's latest round of funding cause Facebook to panic? More importantly, will the insanely popular photo-sharing app solve the social network's mobile problems? Also, a brief profile of Instagram founder and CEO Kevin Systrom. (Fortune and The Wall Street Journal)

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Today in Tech: Google unveils augmented reality glasses

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* Google (GOOG) is now testing a pair of augmented reality glasses it intends to eventually sell. "Project Glass," as it's called, will project information onto the lenses for users to consume and interact with. (The New York Times)

* How Facebook is winning the war against Yahoo (YHOO), patent by patent. MORE

Today in Tech: Big Yahoo layoffs today, Instagram hits Android

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* Facebook countered Yahoo's (YHOO) lawsuit with a lawsuit of its own, spanning 10 patents covering areas like homepage, photos, and ads. (Friending Facebook Blog)

* Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app with over 30 million users, just officially arrived on Google's Android operating system. (TechCrunch)

* Up to 2,000 Yahoo employees could be laid MORE

Today in Tech: Why the iPad's 'batterygate' is no big deal

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"We're not winning." -- Shawn Henry, executive assistant director of the FBI, on the war with computer hackers. (The Wall Street Journal)

* Apple (AAPL) says concerns about the new iPad's battery charging process is much ado about nothing. "That circuitry is designed so you can keep your device plugged in as MORE

Facebook's patent headaches: More to come?

Yahoo filed a patent suit against the social media giant. Does Amazon have a case too?

By Roger Parloff, senior editor

FORTUNE -- Last month, just weeks ahead of Facebook's highly anticipated IPO, the "it" company of the Internet got hit with a meaty patent suit. Struggling behemoth Yahoo sued Facebook in federal court, alleging that it infringes 10 of its patents, covering such functions as messaging, social commenting, and advertising display. Facebook, MORE

Today in Tech: Why Google's behavior calls for a new company motto

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* Yahoo (YHOO) has three new directors: former Fox Broadcasting Network Chairman Peter Liguori, American Express (AXP) Chief Marketing Officer John Hayes, and IAC/Interactive Corp (IACI) Chief Financial Officer Thomas McInerney. (All Things D)

* What Amazon's (AMZN) $775 million acquisition of Kiva Systems, which makes robots intended to move around warehouses and stock MORE

Today in Tech: Big T-Mobile layoffs coming

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* T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm told employees that the company is eliminating 5% of its workforce, or nearly 1,900 jobs in the U.S., and closing seven call centers as part of a reorganization. The announcement comes three months after AT&T's planned acquisition of T-Mobile fell through. (The Verge)

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Yahoo's risk-taking may be its best chance

It seems like years since Yahoo has done anything to capture the web industry's interest. But now Scott Thompson is showing himself to be a CEO with a talent for tipping over apple carts.

By Kevin Kelleher, contributor

FORTUNE – Yahoo's core values include "fun," "community" and "excellence" (which the company defines as "winning with integrity"). It's too bad they don't include "provocation," "confrontation" and "alienation" - because then CEO Scott Thompson would MORE