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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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    AT&T to stop offering DirecTV service

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    NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc (T.N) said on Tuesday it would stop offering DirecTV (DTV.O) satellite television services in the first quarter.

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    The company also said it was still evaluating its long-term relationship with both EchoStar and DirecTV with a view to making a decision in late 2008.

    AT&T said its agreement to offer services from EchoStar extends until the end of 2008.



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