Firefox will not open some websites. It pops up a window - Connection has timed out. I have tried clearing history & cookies but that does not solve it

Here is a list of a few of the websites I cannot open.
www.adamrafferty.com/
www.martintaylor.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Emmanuel
http://georgebenson.com/
http://www.amazon.com/
I installed Internet Explorer and still had the problem.
I do not have the problem with my Mac computer.
IT my opinion that the problem started when I installed the latest
version of firefox.

Have you tried clearing the cache? See suggestions in this article --> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/websites-dont-load-troubleshoot-and-fix-errors
The latest version of Firefox is 13.0.1; it appears that you are using Firefox 12.
*https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Updating%20Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/find-what-version-firefox-you-are-using
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'''''EDIT (Added):
Clear the Network Cache --> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cache-delete-temporary-files-fix-issues
To clear similar items in IE, use the "Internet Options"

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