Google / Dell deal

Dell will preload special Google software onto millions of its machines before shipping them to customers.

The Google software, which will be accessible through a side pane of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 Web browser, will allow users to search for files on their computer hard drives as well as for emails.

Google will also place a Web search toolbar on Dell PCs, and a special co-branded Dell/Google Web site will serve as the default home page when users connect to the Internet...

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