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Consumer Corner: Foreclosure settlement no magic bullet for economy
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 (UPI) -- A San Francisco computer engineer has started a Web site that allows Internet users to find out whether their favorite site is working properly.
Alex Payne, 24, created downforeveryoneorjustme.com, as in, "Down for everyone, or just me?" The New York Times reported Sunday
The service allows visitors to type in a Web address and see whether a site is generally inaccessible or whether the problem is with their own Internet connection, the newspaper reported.
"I had seen that question posed so often," Payne said. "Technology companies have branded the Internet as a place that is always on and where information is always available. People are disappointed and looking for answers when it turns out not to be true."
Jesse Robbins, a former Amazon executive responsible for keeping Amazon online from 2004 to 2006, said frustration over down sites is understandable.
He said companies "have a responsibility to people who rely and depend on them, just as people going over a public bridge expect that the bridge won't suddenly collapse."
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So-called tar sands oil from Canada is "much, much worse" for the environment than conventional crude oil, a Maine environmental advocate said.
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DALLAS, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Possible assembly and servicing in Mexico of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters is being looked at by Sikorsky Aircraft and a Mexican company.
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Local markets will probably not be swamped by waves of foreclosures following the multi-state mortgage settlement announced yesterday. Rather, the huge inventory of one to two million foreclosures will enter markets gradually....
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Investors will not have the distraction of financial reports to look forward to this week. They will have to look at the spot news headlines instead.
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