It's March Madness -- baby. And that doesn't only mean legendary battles on the hardwood. The folks at executive search and headhunting firm BINC are bringing the science of bracketology to the tech business, setting up a Sweet Sixteen of the best Web/software companies to work for in 2009.

So far, Seattle area companies are out in front, though Expedia is in the fight of its life with Yahoo. (At last count, it was leading by just two votes.) Microsoft appears to be cruising to a first round victory over Slide, while Amazon.com is destroying MySpace. The video commentary -- where "the analysts" offer their picks -- is actually quite entertaining.

Here's just a sampling of the commentary on the Expedia-Yahoo matchup: "Expedia versus Yahoo? Talk about two companies that people couldn't care less about."

The analysts absolutely love Amazon, saying the matchup against MySpace should be a "cake walk."

Microsoft gets kudos as well as the top seed versus Slide. "This is like Duke versus Chattanooga. Right. It is crazy. There is no chance that Slide comes out on top in this one."

BINC founder Boris Epstein says the first round voting will conclude at 5 p.m. Friday, with the second round starting at 8 a.m. If the voting holds, there could be massive battle shaping up in the second round between two Seattle tech giants: Microsoft and Amazon.com.