As I look forward to 2005, one of these battles looks really interesting. It's not the most significant Microsoft effort for next year, but it has the potential to change how almost all of us search for information online. It's the battle between Google (on the offensive) and Microsoft (on the defensive) for the titles of world's best and most popular search engines. (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1731539,00.asp)