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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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    Facebook in talks with major music labels: report

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    A Facebook profile in an undated screenshot courtesy of the company. Facebook has approached major music labels about launching a music service, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. REUTERS/Handout

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Social networking site Facebook has approached major music labels about launching a music service, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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    The talks were described as "preliminary" and come after sources familiar with the discussion told Reuters last week that the major labels had held similar talks with MySpace, the leading social network site owned by News Corp NWSa.N.

    Privately held Facebook and the four major music companies -- Universal Music Group (VIV.PA), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (6758.T), Warner Music Group (WMG.N), and EMI Group -- were not immediately available for comment.

    (Reporting by Yinka Adegoke; Editing by Quentin Bryar)
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