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Amazon.com Web Site Appears Down

Amazon.com’s (AMZN) Web site appeared to down early Friday afternoon.

Several Dow Jones employees in various locations were unable to call up the site.

Attempts to contact Amazon weren’t immediately successful.

“Engineers are actively engaged in resolving this issue and we will provide an update once the issue is resolved,” the post says. “We appreciate your patience during this time.”

The post is dated 10:37 West Coast time. Amazon has not returned requests for comment.

Amazon’s S3 service, which many Web sites use for back-end services like serving up large amounts of data, appears to be operating normally.

Outages among major Web companies like this are rare nowadays. Back in 1999, eBay went down for 22 hours, costing it millions in revenue.

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June 6, 2008 Posted by beautyfan | News, Technology | , , , , | No Comments Yet

Unlimited calls to Land Phone for free from anywhere from world

Unlimited calls to landlines in 34 countries – any time of the day, any day of the week
The legal bit as part of their fair usage policy you’ll get up to 10,000 calling minutes per month

For more click here

June 2, 2008 Posted by beautyfan | Life Style, Technology | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Watch online Movies and video for Free in your PC

Connect to the web video explosion!Hundreds of Internet TV channels available: music videos,game reviews, AP news, indie content & lots more!

You may wonder how it is possible, click here to find out.
Visit now to get your free version.

February 21, 2008 Posted by beautyfan | Movie, Technology | , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Five Sci-Fi Scenarios That Will Come True : Breakthroughs on the Horizon

In the next 25 years, these technological advances, made famous in movies and on TV, will become reality. How accurate are our prognostications? Check back with us in 2033.  Ha ha

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February 21, 2008 Posted by beautyfan | Movie, Technology | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Gadgets That Make Business Travel A Snap

Traveling for business can be a grind. Typically, travelers are at the mercy of tricky weather—and even more mercurial flight delays or other unforeseen traffic jams. But no matter where you are or how nasty the traffic snarl in which you’re stuck, work is rolling on.

What’s most important when you’re traveling? Getting to the right spot on time? Always having the full assortment of your software tools ready and working? Figuring out how to create an oasis of relaxation in the middle of a crazed travel schedule?

Here are the answers

February 21, 2008 Posted by beautyfan | Technology, Travel | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

5 Wacky iPod Cases

It can seem like every hipster and not-so-hipster  out there’s toting an iPod. How do you make yours unique? Click to Go wacky!

February 21, 2008 Posted by beautyfan | Technology | , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Toshiba quits HD DVD business, handing victory in format battle to Blu-ray disc technology

Toshiba announced  yesterday  it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video.

The company said in a statement that the decision followed a thorough review of its overall strategy.

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February 20, 2008 Posted by beautyfan | Business, Technology | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet