ITS TUESDAY, JANUARY 19. I'M NATALI MORRIS
AND IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED.
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SHARES OF APPLE FELL ON MONDAY WITH THE NEWS
THAT CEO STEVE JOBS IS TAKING A MEDICAL LEAVE
OF ABSENCE. HE IS NOT STEPPING DOWN AS CEO.
JUST SCALING BACK TO WORK ON HIS HEALTH. TIM
COOK WILL PICK UP THE SLACK IN THE DAY TO
DAY OPERATIONS. WE WISH JOBS BETTER HEALTH.
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NOKIA'S COMES WITH MUSIC SERVICE HAS MET ITS
DEMISE IN 27 COUNTRIES. THE SERVICE ALLOWED
NOKIA OWNERS TO DOWNLOAD FREE MUSIC WITH THE
PURCHASE OF PARTICIPATING PHONES. YOU DIDN'T
GET TO KEEP THAT MUSIC THOUGH. IT STAYED WITH
A SPECIFIC PHONE WITH YEAR-LONG SUBSCRIPTIONS.
THE SERVICE WILL CONTINUE IN A FEW COUNTRIES
BUT THE U.S. IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THAT SERVICE
HAS NEVER BEEN OFFERED HERE.
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THE DOMAIN REGISTRATION COMPANY GODADDY LIKES
TO MAKE FLASHY COMMERCIALS DURING THE SUPERBOWL.
THE COMPANY IS PLANNING TO DO THE SAME THIS
YEAR WITH A NEW CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE DOT-CO
DOMAINS. GODADDY WAS ONE OF THE FEW COMPANIES
LICENSED TO SELL THESE WHEN THEY LAUNCHED
BACK IN JULY. THE NEW CAMPAIGN WILL FEATURE
REGULAR GODADDY GIRL DANICA PATRICK AS WELL
AS CELEBRITY TRAINER JILLIAN MICHAELS.
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"GROUPON MAY BE CLOSE TO SIGNING A DEAL WITH
TENCNET, A CHINESE INTERNET COMPANY. GROUPON
RECENTLY TURNED DOWN AN ACQUISITION DEAL WITH
CHINA AND NOW THEY ARE LOOKING TO TENCENT
TO HELP THEM GAIN TRACTION IN ASIAN MARKETS.
SOURCES SAY THAT THIS WOULD BE SOME SORT OF
CO-BRANDING OPPORTUNITY.
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PEOPLE OF INDONESIA, NO MORE PORN ON YOUR
BLACKBERRY. RESEARCH IN MOTION, MAKER OF THE
BLACKBERRY, HAS SAID THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH
THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT'S REQUEST THAT THEY
BLOCK ACCESS TO PORN SITES ON THEIR MOBILE
DEVICES. THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE. THE
GOVERNMENT WAS THREATENING TO SHUT DOWN THE
COMPANY'S BROWSER SERVICE IF THEY DIDN'T COMPLY
BY THE 21ST OF THIS MONTH.
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NETFLIX MADE A SMALL CHANGE TO THEIR STREAMING
VIDEO SERVICE AND BOY DID THEY PISS OFF A
LOT OF USERS. THE CHANGE WAS THAT THEY REMOVED
THE OPTION TO ADD A MOVIE TO YOUR DVD QUEUE
FROM A MOBILE DEVICE. AFTER ALL, IF YOU CAN
STREAM A MOVIE FROM THE DEVICE, WHY DO YOU
WANT TO ORDER PHYSICAL DISCS? WELL, MAYBE
YOU LIKED A MOVIE SO MUCH YOU WANT TO WATCH
IT WITH YOUR FAMILY LATER? CUSTOMERS ARE NOT
HAPPY WITH THIS. READ THE COMMENTS ON THE
BLOG IF YOU'RE IN THE MOOD FOR SOME VITRIOL.
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THAT IS YOUR NEWS OF THE DAY. IF YOU WANT
MORE ABOUT ANY OF OUR STORIES TODAY, VISIT
CNET-DOT-COM-SLASH-LOADED. SEE YOU TOMORROW.
I'M NATALI MORRIS FOR CNET.COM AND YOU'VE
JUST BEEN LOADED.
