AOL Portal, Toolbar and Search to Be Distributed via Millions of HP PCs Sold Worldwide.Under the Agreement, Co-Branded AOL/HP Portal, Toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the and Search Will Be Default Settings on HP Desktop and Notebook PCs DULLES, Va. -- AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. today announced that it has signed an agreement with HP to offer co-branded, localized versions of its portal, toolbar and search on HP desktop and notebook PCs sold worldwide. Under the agreement, the co-branded portal will be set as the default homepage, and the co-branded toolbar and search will be default settings in various countries worldwide. Financial terms were not disclosed. The agreement extends and expands the existing relationship between HP and AOL, which provides consumers with a co-branded AOL/HP portal as the default homepage for HP consumer PCs sold in the U.S. Under the new agreement, AOL will provide HP with co-branded local language portals and toolbars, as well as search solutions for each relevant country. AOL will provide HP users with a customizable, modular co-branded portal, based on myAOL, which was recently released into public beta in the U.S. The portal will provide space on the home page for end users to access relevant HP content, services and partner offerings, as well as offer consumers and business users access to other key AOL products and services in international markets. "This agreement provides us a unique opportunity to showcase our portal, toolbar and other products and services to a truly global audience," said Ron Grant Ron Grant is the name of:
The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , AOL. "At a time when international online markets are experiencing rapid growth, AOL is now poised to enable people around the world to create a personally relevant online destination." "Customers from the board room to the living room continue to recognize and prefer the unique features designed into HP PCs," said Satjiv Chahil, senior vice president, Personal Systems Group, HP. "The new AOL/HP portal will provide customers the ability to make their PCs even more personal through a suite of customizable products and services." About AOL AOL[R] is a global Web services company that operates some of the most popular Web destinations, offers a comprehensive suite of free software and services, runs one of the largest Internet access businesses in the U.S., and provides a full set of advertising solutions. A majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company. of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TWX (TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex. ), AOL LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is based in Dulles, Virginia. AOL and its subsidiaries also have operations in Europe, Canada and Asia. Learn more at AOL.com. |
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