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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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    Sony to launch advanced PS3 in S.Korea on June 16

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    A customer buys a Sony PlayStation 3 on the first day of its sale in Taipei, in this November 17, 2006 file photo. Sony will launch its PlayStation 3 with an 80-gigabyte (GB) hard disk drive on June 16 in South Korea for 518,000 won ($556), offering the upgraded version of its latest game console for the first time ever, the Japanese electronics conglomerate said. REUTERS/Richard Chung

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. (6758.T) will launch its PlayStation 3 with an 80-gigabyte (GB) hard disk drive on June 16 in South Korea for 518,000 won ($556), offering the upgraded version of its latest game console for the first time ever, the Japanese electronics conglomerate said.

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    Sony, locked in a battle with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) and Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) for dominance in the $30 billion global video game industry, is ready to offer the 80-GB version in other regions if demand emerges, the Tokyo-based company said.

    Since online games are highly popular in South Korea, Sony has decided to put extended storage capacity in the PS3 to allow active downloading of games and other entertainment content, it said.

    Sony currently offers 20-GB and 60-GB versions in Japan, but only sells the 60-GB model in Europe. In North America, it is discontinuing the lower capacity version and focusing on the 60-GB model.

    Sony's game division posted an operating loss of 232 billion yen ($1.9 billion) in the year ended March 31 due mainly to hefty costs to launch the PS3, making the performance of the new console the largest risk factor for Sony's earnings recovery.

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