''The Register'' is a British
technology news website
co-founded in 1994 by
Mike Magee, John Lettice and Ross Alderson.
The
online newspaper
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Going online created more opportunities for newspa ...
's
masthead sublogo is "''Biting the hand that feeds IT''."
Their primary focus is
information technology
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news and opinions.
Situation Publishing Ltd is listed as the site's publisher. Drew Cullen is an owner and Linus Birtles is the managing director.
Andrew Orlowski
Andrew Orlowski (born 1966) is a British columnist, investigative journalist and former executive editor of the IT news and opinion website ''The Register''. In 2021, Orlowski became a business columnist for ''The Daily Telegraph''.
Journalism ...
was the executive editor before leaving the website in May 2019.
History
''The Register'' was founded in
London
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as an email newsletter called ''Chip Connection''. In 1998 ''The Register'' became a daily online news source. Magee left in 2001 to start competing publications ''
The Inquirer
''The Inquirer'' (stylized as TheINQUIRER) was a British technology tabloid website founded by Mike Magee after his departure from ''The Register'' (of which he was one of the founding members) in 2001. In 2006 the site was acquired by Dutch ...
'', and later the ''
IT Examiner
''IT Examiner'' was an information technology news website based in Bangalore, India.
The publication was established in 2008 by journalist Mike Magee, who had previously established ''The Register'' and ''The Inquirer''. It was financially ba ...
'' and ''
TechEye
TechEye is a British technology news and opinion website
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''.
[Walsh, Bob (2007). ''Clear Blogging: How People Blogging Are Changing the World and How You Can Join Them.'' Apress, ]
In 2002, ''The Register'' expanded to have a presence in London and
San Francisco
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, creating ''The Register USA'' at theregus.com through a joint venture with''
Tom's Hardware
''Tom's Hardware'' is an online publication owned by Future plc and focused on technology. It was founded in 1996 by Thomas Pabst. It provides articles, news, price comparisons, videos and reviews on computer hardware and high technology. The si ...
''.
[Cullen, Drew (25 February 2002)]
The Register Comes to the US.
''The Register'' In 2003, that site moved to theregister.com.
[Cullen, Drew (24 February 2003)]
theregister.com goes live.
''The Register'' That content was later merged onto theregister.co.uk. ''The Register'' carries syndicated content including
Simon Travaglia
The Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) is a fictional rogue computer operator created by Simon Travaglia, who takes out his anger on users (who are "lusers" to him) and others who pester him with their computer problems, uses his expertise again ...
's
BOFH
The Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) is a fictional rogue computer operator created by Simon Travaglia, who takes out his anger on users (who are "lusers" to him) and others who pester him with their computer problems, uses his expertise again ...
stories.
[Adams, Andrew A., McCrindle, Rachel (2008). ''Pandora's Box: Social and Professional Issues of the Information Age.'' John Wiley & Sons, ]
In 2010 ''The Register'' supported the successful launch of the
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, a project they announced in 2009 that released a
paper plane
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in the extreme upper atmosphere.
''The Register'' also ran the websites ''Register Hardware'' and ''Channel Register'', which merged into ''The Register''.
Readership and content
In 2011 it was read daily by over 350,000 users according to the
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,
rising to 468,000 daily and nearly 9.5 million monthly in 2013.
In November 2011 the UK and US each accounted for approximately 42% and 34% of page impressions respectively, with Canada being the next most significant origin of page hits at 3%.
In 2012 the UK and US accounted for approximately 41% and 28% of page impressions respectively, with Canada at 3.61%.
''Channel Register'' covers computer business and trade news, which includes business press releases. News and articles for
computer hardware
Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the computer case, case, central processing unit (CPU), Random-access memory, random access memory (RAM), Computer monitor, monitor, Computer mouse, mouse, Computer keyboard, ...
and
consumer electronics
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are covered by ''Reg Hardware''. ''Reg Research'' is an in-depth resource on technologies and how they relate to business.
Their stories are cited by major news sources
and also used for backup information.
[ Stories in other periodicals were based on their exposés. ''InformationWeek'' ran a story about ''TheRegisters story about a ''New York Times'' article.
In September 2018, the Alexa ranking was #7,194.
]
Writers
''The Register'' has an editorial staff of 16 writers and production experts. Chris Williams is editor-in-chief. Paul Kunert is UK editor, Iain Thomson is US news editor and Simon Sharwood is Asia-Pacific editor. Columnists include Mark Pesce
Mark D. Pesce ( ; born 1962) is an American-Australian author, researcher, engineer, futurist and teacher.
Early life
Pesce was born in Everett, Massachusetts in 1962. In September 1980, Pesce attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MI ...
and Rupert Goodwins.
Intel chips flaw investigation
On 6 February 2017, ''The Register'' was the first news outlet to accurately trace a recently discovered flaw in Cisco (and other makers) gear to a serious defect on Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...
's Atom C2000 series processors.
Around 3 January 2018, ''The Register'' broke news about Google's long-ongoing investigation into Intel's processor design, which revealed that a serious flaw in the design of their chips would require Microsoft, Linux and Apple to update operating systems for computers around the world.
Criticism
''The Register'' has published both headlines and stories that have generated controversy with ''The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
''. By using a style illustrated in Gawker
''Gawker'' is an American blog founded by Nick Denton and Elizabeth Spiers and based in New York City focusing on celebrities and the media industry. According to SimilarWeb, the site had over 23 million visits per month as of 2015. Founded in ...
's 2008 coverage of Sun-Sentinel
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's involvement in an airline company's short term stock price drop, ("''How Robots Destroyed United Airlines''"),Nature
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in a controversial manner.
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