Tasmania Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPhone app helps Tasmanian cops nab crooks

by Mike Schramm (Dec 22nd, 2009)

Tasmanian cops are using some pretty sophisticated technology to catch criminals down there -- they have hardware in their cars now that will not only catch pictures of criminals, but upload them to a database, track down any outstanding warrants or other red flags, and update GPS information and ...

Trapped miners given iPods

by Scott McNulty (May 3rd, 2006)

Two miners are trapped underground in Tasmania, and they have been trapped for 8 days. The good news is that efforts to rescue them are moving along well, and authorities are confident that within the next 48 hours the men will be freed. Why is this on TUAW, you ask? Well, they were able to get a ...