The Tech World Mourns the Loss of a Google Advisor

Update: Google has posted more about Rajeev on the Google Research Blog. Original Article: Rajeev Motwani, an angel investor and Stanford professor, who served as something of a mentor to the Google co-founders as they were getting Google off the ground, was found dead in a swimming pool on Friday from an apparent drowning.

Bingathon Goes Live on Hulu Today at 8:00 PM EST

Last week I told you about the forthcoming Bingathon being streamed live on Hulu on June 8th. There were some mixed opinions about the LIVE event. Some commenters made it clear that you had no desire in watching the event, while some seemed eager to tune in.

Bing Loses Ground After Fast Rise

Sorry, Bing fans, but Microsoft's new search engine seems to have stumbled before it even cleared the figurative gates.  Fresh statistics from two different sources indicate that visits to Bing are already dropping.

Google and the Guggenheim Host Architecture Competition

Google has teamed up with the Guggenheim Museum to create a design competition to design a "simple shelter for a specific geographic location anywhere in the world." Contestants will use Google's SketchUp, Google earth, and Google 3D Warehouse to design, geo-locate, and upload their projects.

North Korea Finds U.S. Journalists Guilty

North Korea on Monday found two American journalists guilty of illegal entry and sentenced them each to 12 years of hard labor. The Central Court, the North's highest court, held the trial of the two U.S. journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, from Thursday to Monday and convicted them of "committing hostilities against the Korean nation and illegal entry," the North's official news agency, KCNA…