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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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    Google wants "fast track" for its content: WSJ

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    Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:35pm EST

    PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Google Inc has approached Internet carriers with a proposal to create a "fast lane" for its own content, countering its previously stance of equal network access for all content providers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

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    One major cable operator in talks with Google said it has been reluctant to forge a deal because of concerns it might violate Federal Communications Commission guidelines on network neutrality, the newspaper said in its electronic edition.

    Cable and phone companies that operate the data pipelines are supposed to treat all traffic the same.

    Google's proposal, called OpenEdge, would place Google servers directly within the network of the service providers, the newspaper said.

    The setup would accelerate Google's service for users, the newspaper said.

    Google could not be immediately reached for comment.

    The Wall Street Journal said that when asked about OpenEdge, Google said other companies could strike similar deals if they desired.

    (Reporting by Jessica Hall; Editing by Valerie Lee)
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