Pretty much every new product gets hyped as a potentially disruptive technology these days, and usually nobody outside of the company's marketing department actually believes it.

Google Voice takes the existing GrandCentral service, which consolidates landlines and mobile numbers into a single phone number with voicemail, and adds the ability to make free domestic calls, transcribe voice mails and more.

Partnerships key to evolving sector, says ABI.

We take a look back at the tech products that were so overdone by marketing hype, that by the time they were released, most failed to meet expectations.

Enterprises will embrace the technology ... eventually.

Bringing voice technology to everyday life, says Ballmer.

Google has accidentally let slip some secret plans relating to its Google Voice call management service, revealing that the service may be coming to markets outside the US soon.

Google is to start selling a voice activated search application for the iPhone..

Find out how Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 ups the ante in speech recognition.

Comindico announced the roll out of a nationwide internet telephony service offering eight cent local calls, six cent per minute national calls and 23.3 cent per minute mobile calls.

Don't want a phone line? NetComm reveals plans for routers with integrated 3G.

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Voice security company Cellcrypt has launched technology designed to secure voice calls between smartphones and landlines..

Confused yet? We're wondering how many people actually use Skype voicemail, but if you do, the new "Voicemail to text" service lets you get them on a regular mobile.

Unified communications battle lines being drawn.

CompTIA study reveals wariness of IP telephony security.

Social networking gets a voice.

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