Quite a few bloggers out there have clued-in to how using Eurekster’s Swickis on their blogs can be a cool feature enhancement, providing custom thematic search engines for their users.

A few days ago blog ad network Chitika released a study [PDF] co-sponsored by University of Texas, Dallas that projects revenue for the top 50,000 weblogs at $500 million.

The WorldWide Web Consortium (W3C), in May 0f 1999, issued Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, which outlined methods of making web content easily accessible to the visually and physically impaired. In those guidelines the W3C stated plainly,

Hurricane Katrina devastated several states along the Gulf Coast region in what turned out to be one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history. Eighteen months last, the affected areas still find themselves struggling to rebuild their respective communities and revitalize their local economies.

In an attempt to give these areas a helping hand, Microsoft announced today its intention to donate $1.7 million in cash, software and specialized curriculum to nonprofit partners in Louisiana and Texas.

Marketing company Think Partnership Inc. has let its letter of intent to acquire struggling blog search engine Ice Rocket expire and, says MarketingPilgrim’s Andy Beal, the company will not be moving forward with the acquisition.

Web vigilantes will soon have their chance to be virtual citizens on patrol once Texas implements its plan to place webcams along its 1000 mile Mexico border. Gov. Rick Perry called the setup a “virtual wall.”

Electricity takes the world into the future. The statement sounds a little dated but with the recent FCC ruling that utility companies could run high-speed Internet access through existing electrical outlets. Broadband over Power Lines or BPL may just be the wave of the future.

After one positive test result for mad cow disease, the National Veterinary Service Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, tested 67 cows from the same Texas herd and found all subjects to be BSE free.

The United States Supreme Court, adding to a series of baffling rulings this week, ruled that displaying the Ten Commandments outside government buildings was more acceptable than displaying them inside government buildings-except for the display in the Supreme Court itself.

Right now, the technology will be limited to users in South Korea, using a special broadcast format.

The last time I looked at the sign-up wiki for the London geek dinner next month, there were some 80 names. I looked again just now – and it’s 127.

Oki Electric Industry has signed a contract to acquire the driver chip business for large TFT-LCDs from Texas Instruments Japan.

Internet sevice provider EarthLink has claimed a victory over two men accused of using EarthLink’s service to send large amounts of spam.

Joined by Microsoft, the state of Texas has filed a lawsuit against what they term as “the world’s fourth largest spammer.”

Dell is providing notebook computers and technology training for students and teachers in 18 schools participating in the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) new Technology Immersion Pilot (TIP) program.

Our WebProWorld forum members added their expertise and experiences related to Google banning. They were responding to a recent article on the possible banning of Business.com’s index page.