Internet phone company Net2Phone has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival Skype Technologies and its parent company, eBay.
A usability expert has run into opposition from domestic Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers over his claim VoIP services are not easy enough to use.
America Online is expected to launch an Internet-phone service in the United States next month, leapfrogging rivals in a fast-growing market as it seeks to evolve from an also-ran provider of dial-up Internet access to a broadband services powerhouse.
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Microsoft has successfully fended off a lawsuit over a set of controversial voice digitisation patents, in a case that could have roiled the computer and Internet telephony industries if the patents had been upheld as valid.
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