Dell says it has begun testing a new partnership with Google.Computer maker Dell said Jan. 30 it has quietly begun testing a new partnership with Internet search provider Google.
For now, some Dell laptops and desktop computers are sold with two Google Inc. search features pre-installed, a Dell spokesman said.
Dell is also putting the paces to a Google-powered Web site that appears to be a hybrid of Dell's online store and Google's personalized Web site.
A Dell spokesperson had no further comment. A Google spokesperson deferred comment to Dell.
By partnering with Round Rock, Texas-based Dell, Google has found a partner to help it chip away at Microsoft's dominance of the personal computer desktop software market.
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Nancy Adzentoivich of SearchViews, which reported on several signs of the partnership Jan. 26, says she thinks so.
Adzentoivich asks in her blog, "Is this the bell tolling for Microsoft? I mean, Microsoft desktop search was not on my Dell," though she notes Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer Web browser did come pre-installed.
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