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According to Washington-based research firm The Strategis Group, more than 100 million Americans are using the Internet, and getting smarter and faster as they surf.

Amazon.com continued a frenetic week of activity today by announcing that it will create a co-branded credit card with Internet credit card issuer NextCard that could generate up to $150 million (US$) in fees for the online retail giant.

European online auctioneer QXL.com PLC announced yesterday that it has signed a deal with AOL Germany to become the premium partner of the online service provider.

Former Microsoft executive Karl Jacob has launched a Web site that allows people to hold private conversations via the telephone without having to share their telephone numbers.

Only days after becoming the most recent and volatile example of a company abusing consumer information, RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) announced new software and a new privacy initiative designed to rebuild some of the Web community's eroded trust.

Until recently, men were considered to be the broad target audience for the Internet, but new data from Forrester Research shows that 29 percent of all American women now use the Internet regularly.

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In a decision with global implications, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia recently removed a major obstacle to the development of secure electronic commerce.

The Connecticut Attorney General is investigating the sales and billing practices of the nation's eighth-largest credit card issuer Providian Financial Corp., compounding the company's rapidly-mounting legal woes.

In an intensifying battle against specialized search services, eBay, Inc. moved last Friday to deny AuctionWatch.com access to its site.

One week after music software provider Real Networks revealed that it secretly gathered and transmitted consumer information, a coalition of top Internet companies announced launch today of a major privacy awareness campaign.

In a new poll by @plan (NASDAQ: APLN), nearly two-thirds of people using the Internet say that online privacy should be market-regulated, rather than legislated.

Technical services provider Linuxcare, Inc. has certified key Linux distributions to run on the Cubix multi-server Density series.

Music giant Universal Music Group said today that it is forming a new record label that will "uniquely harness the strength and reach of the Internet," with America Online (NYSE: AOL) and others serving as key strategic partners.

Just days after Intel chief executive officer Craig Barret reiterated his company's determination to invest in China, the country has drafted rules that would formally ban foreign investment in the Internet.