By Miguel Helft May 7, 2008 6:33 pm May 7, 2008 6:33 pm Google has long said that its best hope for future growth comes from mobile devices. Wednesday, Google moved to bring that future a bit closer. The Internet search giant joined an industry consortium that plans to build a next-generation wireless data network. Google is investing $500 million in the project, which is led by Sprint and Clearwi
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