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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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    Dell set to unveil mini-notebook: source

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    A Dell laptop computer is seen in New York August 26, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc (DELL.O) is poised to announce a new mini-laptop computer later this week, a source familiar with the company's plan said on Tuesday, confirming a Wall Street Journal story.

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    The source said the Dell "mini" would be a low-priced computer that is two-thirds the size of full-featured laptops, which will put it into competition with the Eee PC from Asustek Computer (2357.TW) and other rivals in Taiwan and Japan.

    The Journal cited "people familiar with the device" as saying the Dell mini notebook is likely to sell for under $400, have a screen size under nine inches, and run either Microsoft (MSFT.O) Windows or Linux operating system software.

    A Dell spokeswoman was not immediately available to comment. The source confirmed that the new Dell model would be revealed on Thursday as part of an announcement with partner Box.net, which supplies online data storage services to Dell.

    Mini-notebooks have caught on with heavy computer users who want full-access not just to e-mail but to Web pages and business documents while on the go outside of their offices.

    (Reporting by Eric Auchard; Editing by Braden Reddall)
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