Microsoft has struck a deal with Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest personal computer maker, to place a toolbar on new PCs that leads to its Live Search engine, the companies said on Monday.

微软公司周一宣布，已经与世界最大的个人电脑公司惠普公司达成协议，在惠普的新个人电脑上安装微软实况搜索的工具栏。

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It is disappointing there is no MSN toolbar for Firefox, because I quite like the features, however it is obvious why: Microsoft would prefer you to use only Microsoft products.

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Microsoft is tinkering with a technology called Stuff I've Seen that will pull results from the Web along with one's own computer and its network. (Microsoft claims this won't make personal files viewable by the public.) Google's Internet Explorer toolbar tracks the sites users surf and relays the addresses back to headquarters.

FORBES: Google Me Not