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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    Yahoo seeks to restart merger talks with AOL: paper

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    Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:17am EST
    A Yahoo! signs sits out front of their headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, February 1, 2008. Yahoo is seeking to restart merger talks with AOL as a means of defending itself against an unsolicited bid approach from Microsoft, the Times newspaper said on Monday. REUTERS/Kimberly White

    LONDON (Reuters) - Yahoo is seeking to restart merger talks with AOL as a means of defending itself against an unsolicited bid approach from Microsoft, the Times newspaper said on Monday.

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    The paper, without citing sources, said Yahoo was also considering tie-ups with groups such as Google and Disney.

    It said Yahoo and AOL had previously tried to join forces, but were unable to agree on the price of a deal.

    None of the parties mentioned could immediately be reached for comment.

    (Reporting by Mark Potter; Editing by Quentin Bryar.)
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