Start-up Skype announced Wednesday that it has reached the 1 million mark for simultaneous users of its peer-to-peer telephone software. Meanwhile, Voiceglo--a phone service available wherever there's ...

Sometimes web-based services and sites get sold for eye-catching amounts of money. But Microsoft's proposal to buy Skype for $8.5 billion - yes, that's a "b" - caught even the most jaded techies ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Skype is ...

Making telephone calls over the Internet is nothing new. Once the arena for hobbyists and techies, Internet telephony is now a proven technology. Internet phone calls are so reliable and popular that ...

LAS VEGAS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Skype, which has popularized Web telephone calling, on Monday marked progress in extending its low-cost calling services beyond computers to new types of phones. At the ...

Skype is making news again with a laundry list of partnerships designed to make voice calls over the Internet easier. One product also expands Skype’s services to include on online photo sharing ...

Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype and wireless hotspot operator Boingo Wireless today announced a new service that combines each company’s technologies. Currently a beta service, Skype Zones ...

I've been involved in personal finance and property journalism for the past 20 years, editing websites and writing for national newspapers. My objective has always been to offer no-nonsense ...

Gov. Terry Branstad said he and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds want to virtually visit as many Iowa classrooms as will have them this school year. Monday, the duo announced the “Skype Your School” campaign ...

Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, said on Wednesday it has made Skype telephone services available on the Nokia N800 Internet tablet. With Skype, Internet tablet users could make calls through ...