CHINA / National

HP to load Baidu search on its computers
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-25 11:18

Hewlett-Packard Co. will load Baidu.com Inc.'s search service on HP's Pavilion and Presario computers sold in China for one year starting in October, the two companies said on Monday .

Buyers of these computers will be able to use the Chinese search engine's service directly through an embedded Internet Explore browser homepage or address search, without going through Baidu's Web site, they said in a statement.

Baidu's shares rose 4.4 percent, or $3.93, to $92.58 in premarket trade on INET.