Google and Dell are teaming up on a desktop initiative that could cause Microsoft to see red. The companies sealed a deal this week to preload Google Desktop and Toolbar on Dell PCs and add Google Search to the Internet Explorer 6 side pane. Dell and Google will offer a co-branded homepage to which new users will default upon their first visit to the Web. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced the deal in a Thursday webcast. The search giant is primarily targeting the millions of Dell customers on the home user front.
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Google, Dell Strike Desktop Deal
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire May 26, 2006 09:12 AMGoogle and Dell are teaming up on a desktop initiative that could cause Microsoft to see red. The companies sealed a deal this week to preload Google Desktop and Toolbar on Dell PCs and add Google Search to the Internet Explorer 6 side pane. Dell and Google will offer a co-branded homepage to which new users will default upon their first visit to the Web. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced the deal in a Thursday webcast. The search giant is primarily targeting the millions of Dell customers on the home user front.