Users of Skype’s Internet telephony service can now create free conference calling with up to 500 participants on each call under a new service offered with VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) vendor ...

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 ...

Skype is quickly creating a new ecosystem for how people will be able to make and receive international phone calls. Its appeal is clear: Nearly 300 million subscribers can call each another anywhere ...

Skype is riding a VOIP wave it helped create with free computer-to-computer calls, but it's far from being alone in the fast-growing industry Skype users in the U.S. and Canada can call free to ...