They're also cheap. MagicJack's $40 price includes a year of free domestic calls to and from the device, which comes with its own phone number, as well as voice mail and other features.

Magic Jack is a new device and service that allows you to make cheap phone calls through your computer. Overall, the product works as advertised, Walt Mossberg found.

A voice over IP (VoIP) service can boost your call quality and save you money compared with a traditional landline. These are ...

MagicJack says that GSM-based cell phones can connect to the MagicJack Femto cell, which plugs into a computer. The call then transits the internet and MagicJack's voice service to the final endpoint.

Related Article Q&A: MagicJack is an invention suited for the phone-bill weary Magic Jack’s VoIP service gives users unlimited local and long distance calling in the U.S. for $20 per year.

VocalTec, the company behind the popular magicJack internet phone device, has an even more ambitious plan for delivering phone calls via the web: making them free. The company is readying a new ...

MagicJack pioneered phone calls over the Internet, advertised as a means of "eliminating your monthly phone bill forever." The device became available in thousands of stores.

For $40 (plus $20 per year), MagicJack's USB VoIP dongle will let you make free unlimited telephone-to-telephone calls, but this week the company's announced MagicTalk, a piece of software for ...

Walter S. Mossberg answers readers' questions on the magicJack Internet phone device and re-using a Windows 7 CD.