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While in Washington, D.C. this week, BoomTown got to go to a dinner in honor of comic Kathy Griffin. Griffin’s reality television show is called “My Life on the D List” and we’re proud to share the same terrific letter. She also made much hay of her relationship with Apple (AAPL) Co-founder Steve Wozniak on the show, so there’s yet another tech link. And, in the video–in which she was talking about the lobbying she was doing on Capitol Hill to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding gays in the military–she also uses a very naughty term for tweeting on Twitter. So, apropos of it being Friday, here’s the video of Griffin, who also told me she is a big fan of the Flip digital video camera: [ See post to watch video ]

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Readers have recently sent in a few screenshots of the new search results design that Google is testing. This design includes the person’s location — though it’s hard to tell if it’s including the location in filtering yet. The big difference is the left-hand column that helps filter search results. Update: As a reader notes, it appears you can opt-in to the test. Here’s more info from Gizmodo . Read the rest of this story

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Documents released Thursday in a court battle between Viacom and Google’s YouTube reveal the arguments over alleged copyright infringements on the video site. As the Journal’s Jessica Vascellaro, Ben Worthen and Sam Schechner report , Viacom claims that YouTube sought to exploit copyrighted works for profit, while Google argues that Viacom itself had secretly uploaded clips it later demanded YouTube remove. AFP/Getty Images The Internet homepage of the YouTube Web site Below are excerpts from the documents. (The filing and comments from Google are available here . Viacom’s filings are available here .) The Big Picture From Viacom: “The starting point for this motion is this undisputable fact: tens of thousands of videos on YouTube, resulting in hundreds of millions of views, were taken unlawfully from Viacom’s copyrighted works without authorization. Fostering and countenancing this piracy were central to YouTube’s economic business model.” From YouTube: “Plaintiffs demand billions of dollars from YouTube because a tiny fraction (less than two one-hundredths of a percent) of the videos that users have uploaded to the service allegedly infringe their copyrights. While plaintiffs now insist that YouTube is liable because it should have recognized that their content was not authorized, plaintiffs’ own actions defeat that claim. Plaintiffs … have overtly and covertly uploaded to YouTube a vast array of their own video clips for marketing purposes.” Viacom argues that YouTube’s founders knew they were benefiting from copyrighted material

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In a profile of T-Mobile USA, the Financial Times reports that “T-Mobile USA is hoping to start selling the [iPhone] later this year or next year.” Does it mean that T-Mobile is definitely getting the phone this year or next? Obviously not. Every carrier probably ‘hopes’ to sell the iPhone. Read the rest of this story

Is ecommerce giant Amazon.com making plans for a new refund feature? In a filing this month, Amazon is seeking to trademark the term “Unpay” under the category of “Financial services; credit card services; debit card services; charge card services; clearing and reconciling financial transactions via a global computer network.” Read the rest of this story

Google lines up some big partners – including Intel and Sony – in an effort to move its technology into the living room. Plus, GameStop shares jump more than 9% and Lenovo launches ThinkPads with new designs, including – shudder — a revamped keyboard. Follow @staceydelo on Twitter. Previously on Digits Live Show

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