Roundup: Google, CIA invest in Web monitoring, RIM's touchscreen BlackBerry and more

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Google, CIA invest in web monitoring — The venture branches of both Google and the CIA are pouring financing into a company called Recorded Future, which scans websites to determine the relationships between people, events and organizations.

Facebook claimant busted for mushrooms — Paul Ceglia, the man suing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for a staggering 84 percent stake in the social networking website, was convicted over a decade ago for possession of hallucinogens.

Cisco Old Spice parody falls flat – Seeing the viral success of the YouTube campaign run by Old Spice a couple of weeks ago, the networking giant tried to replicate it but seemingly no one noticed. See the videos on Mashable.

DST eyes IPO — The Facebook investor, Russian Digital Sky Technologies, says it may ride its 5 percent stake in the social network all the way to an initial public offering next year. PaidContent has the story.

RIM sees stock price bounce — The BlackBerry maker saw its share prices increase as rumors swirled that the company plans to unveil its new touchscreen version of the BlackBerry — a potential iPhone rival — next week.

Nvidia scales back Q2 predictions — The graphics chip maker says it expects its second quarter revenue to be lower than initially anticipated, reacting to rising costs.

Bills.com buys Home-Account – The mortgage search and counseling startup has sold to Bills.com, a personal finance site that makes recommendations to its users.

Glimpse of 2011 Office for Mac — Microsoft showed off some new features of its 2011 release of Office for the Mac, including changes to the template gallery and task listings.

$67M for green cars in the UK — The United Kingdom is putting together a $67 million fund to provide grants reducing the price of plug-in cars by up to 25 percent for consumers. The idea is to encourage more people to drive next generation hybrid and electric vehicles.

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