Microsoft’s Live Search will come pre-installed on computers that are made by HP starting on January of next year. Also, the homepage of the internet explorer web browser is set to Live.com according to an article that was posted today at Channel Register.

A web wonk named Kevin Johnson said, “This agreement with HP is a strategic indicator of our increased focus on securing broad-scale distribution for Live Search.”

This type of deal has been made before. In 2006, Google and Dell had a deal worth approximately 1 billion dollars over three years.

Source: Channel Register