23rd September 2012 Archive

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• iOS 6 maps can't find Sydney Apple Store

  Google gets location for Sydney mothership right, Bing doesn't know it exists

  Apple's new maps app for iOS 6 can't find one of its own stores in Sydney, Australia. Reg reader @Rob2081 tweeted the image below that shows Apple thinks it Sydney flagship store is on the eastern side of George Street, one of the city's main shopping precincts. Apple's results indicate its store resides in a building …

  Mobile 23 Sep 02:02

• The Register lands in Australia

  Meet the local team, sign up for email, win a fondleslab

  We took a while to make it official, but The Register has opened an Asia-Pacific bureau based in Australia. To celebrate – and drum up an email list worthy of our soon-to-launch all-Australian newsletter - we want to give our Australian readers a ‘New iPad’. Our new bureau has our first-ever full time APAC Editor, long-time …

  About 23 Sep 14:01

• NTT demos petabit transmission on single fibre

  5k HD videos per second

  Japan’s NTT has announced an impressive speed/distance demonstration, achieving one petabit per second over a distance of 50 Km. The test, which was conducted in conjunction with Fujikura Limited, Hokkaido University, and the Technical University of Denmark, is described as a “new world record over a single strand,” surpassing …

  Networks 23 Sep 22:33

• Libs launch broadband poll

  Tell us what you want from NBN, says Turnbull, so we can target rollout

  Australia's federal coalition has launched a "Broadband Test" that shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has told the ABC will help participants to understand the speed of the broadband service they receive. The test, available here, was launched by Turnbull today and offers the following statement before users are …

  Networks 23 Sep 23:02

• Pirate Party takes Mayor's chair in Swiss city

  Welcome to Eichberg, Pirate politics capital of the world

  A Pirate Party branch founded last November has scored a win in regional elections in Switzerland, with the city of Eichberg to fly the pirate flag under new mayor, Alex Arnold. The 31-year-old software developer is a local to the town and works for works as a developer for VRSG, which focuses on software and systems …

  Law 23 Sep 23:15