Microsofthasstruck adealwithHewlett-Packard, the world's largestpersonalcomputer maker, to place a toolbaronnewPCs that leads to its LiveSearch engine, thecompanies said on Monday.
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.