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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 says won't give Clearwire more financing

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    Mon Nov 9, 2009 12:42pm EST

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Monday that it could best help wireless service provider Clearwire Corp by cooperating on products and strategy rather than giving it more financial assistance.

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    Google is among several investors in Clearwire along with majority-owner Sprint Nextel, and chip giant Intel Corp and cable providers such as Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable In.

    The comment follows a report that Sprint is planning to help Clearwire narrow a funding gap with a $1 billion investment and the other partners, excluding Google, would give Clearwire another $500 million in funding.

    Google said that it still supports Clearwire's efforts to build a high-speed wireless network based on an emerging technology known as WiMax.

    "We have already made a significant financial investment, and at this point we think the best way we can continue to add value is through continued product and strategic cooperation," Google spokesman Andrew Pederson said in an email.

    Clearwire shares were up 35 cents, or more than 5 percent, at $6.84 on the Nasdaq, where Google stock was up $8.92 or almost 2 percent at $560.02.

    (Reporting by Sinead Carew and Megan Davies; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)
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