It's hardly news that
Dell has been bundling Google software with PCs, or that the default home page for browsers shipped on some Dell PCs is
a co-branded version of Google. Now, however, the two companies are reportedly about to get chummy in an even bigger
way. According to reports, Google is hoping to get its software, including the Google Toolbar and Google Desktop
Search, preinstalled on up to 100 million Dell PCs, and may be willing to pay as much as a billion dollars for the
privilege. Given Google's previous denials about the possibility of rolling out a G-PC, this might be as
close as you're going to get to that Google-branded box you've been dreaming about (and, yes, it'll be running Windows,
rather than Goobuntu).[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]