Web Browsers Not Loading Pages

I've seen this problem come up many times before where people can't get their browsers to load pages, but I still feel the need to ask.

About two days ago, my house lost power, and ever since then, I'd be on Google Chrome, and all of a sudden it would no longer load web pages. I cleared my cache, and that didn't work, and I also installed Firefox for the sole purpose of testing to see if it was just Chrome, and FF did the same thing.

I'm using a laptop, but it's hardwired into my router via Ethernet cable. Skype still works, Steam's messaging system still works, but I also will no longer be able to connect to Steam's community or store pages. I'm using Windows 8 if that helps at all.

This isn't constant; restarting my computer is a temporary solution, but after a time, the browsers will stop loading pages again. I'm really afraid of trying some of the other solutions I've seen here, because if my history with these things is any indicator, I'll probably just mess up my computer even more than what it already is.

It may be worth noting that I can still browse the internet on my phone when this happens. If it happens again, I'm going to see if it happens on our home desktop as well.