SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) - Web-based phone-calling company Jajah Inc. has won Intel Corp.'s backing for its bid to blur the distinction between phones and computers, the two companies said on ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Internet is changing the conventional thinking about telephone service for some businesses, government agencies and academic institutions. It's not only cheaper to chat via the ...

Google may add a free service as early as this week that lets people send instant messages and make telephone calls through their computers. The service will let users connect calls on their computers ...

NEW YORK -- Technologically, when a call is dialed over an Internet connection, the conversation is just a fancy form of computer data that barely resembles a typical phone call. Never mind technology ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Embarq Corp is adding basic Internet features to the home phone as the landline provider fights to stop customers from switching to mobile carriers and Web-based calling services.

Companies that provide Web-based telecommunications services must allow wiretapping by law enforcement officials, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday. The ruling upholds a Federal Communications ...

Millennials, pour one out for a digital pioneer. Microsoft announced Friday it will be “retiring” Skype in May, nearly 22 years after the web-based phone and video calling service launched ― and ...

Microsoft Corp. is expected to announce today changes for its Windows Messenger applications, including one that enables users of the forthcoming Windows XP operating system to make phone calls from a ...