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The case between Microsoft and Google has been settled and while Google did win, there was some compromise.  Ask has also been marked as a spyware distributor, while MSN search asks for help.  That and more in todays Roundup.

First to Google.  Late today the judge handed down his decision. Kai-Fu Lee can do some things for Google but can’t help do others.  I guess Google won the case...

In other Google news, the company has stepped up to the plate and is offering a centralized Katrina search.  According to the Google Blog, there are now 2 new Google branded Katrina search tools available.  If you are searching for people you can now visit this Google page.

In MSN news, the research department has updated their clustering search toolbar.  I have used the toolbar and it’s pretty good.  Much like the other clustering search technology out there.

In other MSN news, it appears that they are looking for help, but not looking to hire anyone.  A post over at firstlistings.com indicates that MSN has approached users of the WebmasterWorld forums asking for input into their search product.

Ask Jeeves has been “tagged” by Sunbelt.  The antivirus maker alleges that Ask doesn’t properly notify its users when the software installs plugins.  This isn’t good news for Ask as they are still trying to gain market share against the larger engines in the market.  Plus, they’ve been accused of this before and said they’ve solved the issue.

According to this blog, Godaddy.com hosting suspended a bunch of domains after they felt the owner was spamming engines.  The owner explained that he was using the domains to request reciprocal links.  The host then asked for an “abuse fee” of $199 per domain to have all domains reinstated.  This could be a disturbing start of something bigger.  If more hosts arbitrarily decide to suspend sites they suspect of doing something similar, then more sites could fall victim to a similar “abuse fee.”

There is a great post on Information Architecture by Stuntdubl.  Too often sites are improperly organized causing not only user headaches when trying to navigate but also search engine indexing problems.  In it he provides a few tips on improving your sites navigation.

Finally today, did you ever want to own your own robot?  Well very soon, if you live in Japan, you will be able to.  The robot, called ‘enon’ will be wi-fi enabled so you can browse the web, and will be mobile so you can program it to act as a security guard among other things.

Finally for the hacker in your life:  A l33t version of Scrabble.