The problem with Google that I reported yesterday is not (directly) Google’s fault, it is a firewall issue. If I disable my (AVG) firewall then it goes away.

Quite why this is happening is another matter. Firewalls can have this effect. There was a Windows update back in July that broke ZoneAlarm. This may be a similar issue. It only affects a handful of web sites that I have tried, but one of them is MLB.com so if this is a new problem I suspect we’ll be hearing a bit about it. OTOH, if it only affects people in the UK, or it is because my local system has got screwed up, than I’m on my own.

I think the next thing to try is uninstalling and re-installing AVG. Then maybe updating to 8.0, which is apparently free. But I can’t waste time doing that (or sorting out the wireless modem0 while I have urgent work projects to complete. In the meantime, if anyone else in the UK is having similar problems, let me know.