Bill Gates and company dropped some big news yesterday as Microsoft announced the launch of its new Web miner, MSN Search. The firm released a test version of the tool in November 2004, but was still operating its main engine with Yahoo! technology.

Later in the day, Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) released a news salvo of its own, posting fourth-quarter earnings of $204.1 million, or 71 cents per share. Compare that with $27.3 million, or 10 cents per share, in the year-ago period.

Thanks to its successful ad-bidding model, the company also more than doubled its revenue from last year's period, with a mark of $1.03 billion, and handsomely beat analyst estimates for the second straight quarter.

Based on Tuesday's closing stock price of $191.90, Google's market value stood at $55 billion--more than General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ) and Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ) combined.

But Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) is no stranger to big numbers: It plans to support the launch of MSN Search with a marketing campaign valued in the hundreds of millions.

Armed with this new in-house weapon, the software king will set its sights on leaders Google and Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ).

But as history has taught us, just because you have more bullets doesn't mean you'll win the war. However, International Reporter has also started its poll as to who is the best in all respects - Google or Microsoft?

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