While the rise of wireless phone services in the last decade is well documented, not as much attention has been made to the rise of the Internet for phone calls by users. Now a newly... More...

Confirming rumors that started hitting the Internet last Sunday, Microsoft has now officially announced its plans to acquire Skype, the Internet phone software company. This morning's press release announced that the price that Microsoft is... More...

Later this year, Skype plans to release a mobile Internet cell phone together with the Three operator in the UK. An official for Three confirmed that the company was working with Skype to produce a... More...

Federal authorities arrested one man in Miami and another in Spokane, Wash., today in connection with what they said was a hacking scheme involving the resale of Internet telephone service. The suspects were said to... More...

Lycos, the internet portal owned by Spanishtelecommunications company Telefonica SA, has launched Lycos Phone, a Windowsbased program that provides free phone calls when the user signs up forpromotional offers for credit cards or the Netflix... More...