Software and search heavyweightsAdobe andGoogle joined forces this week, announcing a multi-year distribution deal that pairs the Google Toolbar with Adobe’s downloadable Macromedia Shockwave Player.

Good old Google is looking for love all over the place. If it isn't grabbing some Dell real estate or coming up with nifty Firefox tools, it's complaining over unfair defaults like a jilted lover.

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Adobe Systems Inc. late Wednesday said it signed a multiyear agreement with Internet search giant Google Inc. to distribute the Google Toolbar with various Adobe products.

Adobe Systems said on Wednesday that Google had agreed to pay the multimedia software maker a "significant" amount to distribute Google's Web search software over several years. In a statement, Adobe ...