Paul,
I removed the additional digitalWrite and pinmode commands, same results. I downloaded the WiFi code from the github repository wifishield/libraries at master · arduino/wifishield · GitHub. I tried sketch on ides 1.0 and 1.01 with win xp mach. Have you tried this sketch, does it work for you? I have noticed that this sketch seems to work best with chrome on ff it doesn't seem to catch the end of the request.
I would try uploading the firmware, but I am unsure how to do so. I read online.... "we made updating its firmware very easy, just connect a usb cable to the shield". So, what is the rest of the process?
I noticed that I had a couple misprints on my previous post. Under setup, instead of digitalWrite(10, OUTPUT), it should be digitalWrite(10, HIGH) and the sketch was the WebServer sketch not the WEP sketch. I edited the post with these changes.
I don't think this has anything to do with this, but I noticed that the MAC address is incorrectly labeled on the board.
Thanks,
-diesel