Mark Bruk, a frequent business traveler, always packs a Plantronic headset with an ear bud and microphone so he can plug into any computer and make phone calls on the cheap. Once he finds an Internet ...

A growing number of people are sharing the digital music on MP3 players and other music devices using freely available software and Skype, a free Internet phone service. The enthusiasts are borrowing ...

Skype Technologies’ strategy of welcoming third-party vendors is spawning numerous extensions to its popular Internet telephony service, which is beginning to branch into videoconferencing, data ...

Voice over Internet Protocol vendor Vonage announced Thursday that it will begin selling a portable VoIP phone that plugs into any PC for voice communications. The new V-Phone, US$39.99 with a $9 ...

Wireless 802.11, or WiFi technology, is being combined with voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) to provide free phone calls at public WiFi hotspots in the UK through a new service from Internet ...

Last month I wrote about GizmoCall, which lets you make free phone calls right from your Web browser. (You supply the headset, Gizmo supplies the VoIP.) The only catch was that the freebie calls were ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile operator O2 is testing free voice and text services on wi-fi networks, going head to head with services like Skype that offer free calls, which many operators have sought to ...