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Article: Amazon.com Web site has problems for more than 2 hours
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- June 6, 2008
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Amazon.com's Web site experienced problems in North America for more than two hours in the middle of the day Friday because of system issues, the online retailer said.
Shortly after 10 a.m. PDT, the company's retail Web site shut down, giving an error code to anyone visiting it, according to Keynote Systems Inc., a California-based company that measures Web site performance.
"Amazon's systems are very complex and on rare occasions, despite our best efforts, they may experience problems," Amazon spokesman Craig Berman said in a brief e-mail statement. "We work to minimize any disruption and to get the site back as quickly as possible."
As one of the ...