Apple Now Relaying All FaceTime Calls Due To Lost Patent Dispute

Em Adespoton writes "Before the VirnetX case, nearly all FaceTime calls were done through a system of direct communication. Essentially, Apple would verify that both parties had valid FaceTime accounts and then allow their two devices to speak directly to each other over the Internet, without any intermediary or 'relay' servers. However, a small number of calls—5 to 10 percent, according to an Apple engineer who testified at trial—were routed through 'relay servers.' At the August 15 hearing, a VirnetX lawyer stated that Apple had logged 'over half a million calls' complaining about the quality of FaceTime [since disabling direct connections]."

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[icebike]

All the WMD went through the port of Rotterdam as scrap just ahead of or concurrent with the invasion.
Saddam didn't want to get caught with them.

http://archives.hawaiireporter.com/iraqi-wmd-components-found-in-rotterdam-scrapyard/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jun/10/20040610-103512-5542r/
http://www.scottdstrader.com/blog/ether_archives/000080.html
http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=3857

The reports weren't wrong, the invasion was just too slow. Your mainstream press at work again ignoring the facts so they wouldn't have to retrace their Bush Lied campaign in the middle of an election.