The Register

The Register was founded in London 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, and later the IT Examiner and TechEye.{{Cite book |last=Walsh |first=Bob |title=Clear Blogging: How People Blogging Are Changing the World and How You Can Join Them |date=2007 |publisher=Apress |isbn=978-1-4302-0321-6 |location=Berkeley, California |oclc=184907857 }}

In 2002, The Register expanded to have a presence in London and San Francisco, creating The Register USA at theregus.com through a joint venture with Tom's Hardware.{{Cite news |last=Cullen |first=Drew |date=25 February 2002 |title=The Register Comes to the US |url=https://www.theregister.com/2002/02/25/the_register_comes/ |website=The Register |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041226053405/https://www.theregister.com/2002/02/25/the_register_comes/ |archive-date=26 December 2004 |access-date=12 April 2023 }} In 2003, that site moved to theregister.com.{{Cite news |last=Cullen |first=Drew |date=24 February 2003 |title=theregister.com goes live |url=https://www.theregister.com/2003/02/24/theregister_com_goes_live/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191659/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/24/theregister_com_goes_live/ |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=The Register }} That content was later merged onto theregister.co.uk. The Register carries syndicated content including Simon Travaglia's BOFH stories.{{Cite book |last1=Adams |first1=Andrew A. |first2=Rachel J. |last2=McCrindle |title=Pandora's Box: Social and Professional Issues of the Information Age |date=2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-06553-2 |location=Chichester, England |oclc=137325218 }}

In 2010 The Register supported the successful launch of the Paper Aircraft Released into Space, a project they announced in 2009 that released a paper plane in the extreme upper atmosphere.{{Cite news |date=11 November 2010 |title=Paper plane launched into space captures Earth images |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11734084 |url-status=live |access-date=15 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114025447/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11734084 |archive-date=14 November 2010 }}

The Register also ran the websites Register Hardware and Channel Register, which merged into The Register.

In 2011 it was read daily by over 350,000 users according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations,{{Cite web |title=The Register |url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17591287.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719175001/http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17591287.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2012 |access-date=19 January 2012 |work=Audit Bureau of Circulations Limited}} rising to 468,000 daily and nearly 9.5 million monthly in 2013.{{Cite web |title=The Register |url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/18799747.pdf |access-date=1 October 2013 |work=Audit Bureau of Circulations Limited}} 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 and consumer electronics are covered by Reg Hardware. Reg Research is an in-depth resource on technologies and how they relate to business.{{Cite magazine |date=7 January 2015 |title=CES: FTC chairwoman warns how IoT device data can secretly be used against you |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2866533/ces-ftc-chairwoman-warns-how-iot-device-data-can-secretly-be-used-against-you.html |magazine=Computerworld |first=Darlene |last=Storm}}{{Cite magazine |date=1 May 2006 |title=Vista: the 'Anti-Linux'? |url=https://www.informationweek.com/desktop/vista-the-anti-linux/d/d-id/1042748?piddl_msgorder=thrd |magazine=InformationWeek |first=David |last=DeJean |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820233110/https://www.informationweek.com/desktop/vista-the-anti-linux/d/d-id/1042748 |archive-date=20 August 2020}}

Their stories are cited by major news sources{{Cite news |last=Streitfeld |first=David |date=25 January 2012 |title=Groupon Promotion Goes Too Far |work=The New York Times |url=https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/todays-scuttlebot-video-game-rats-and-groupons-snake-serum}} and also used for backup information."See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016 ... {{cite magazine|magazine=InformationWeek|url=https://informationweek.com/messages.asp?piddl_msgthreadid=26250%26piddl_msgid=314304|title=Worst Passwords Of 2015 Reveal Our Stupidity}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Stories in other periodicals were based on their exposés.{{Cite magazine |title=Android VP Barra Exits For Chinese Smartphone |url=https://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/android-vp-barra-exits-for-chinese-smartphone-maker/d/d-id/1111339 |url-status=dead |magazine=InformationWeek |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625014214/https://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/android-vp-barra-exits-for-chinese-smartphone-maker/d/d-id/1111339 |archive-date=25 June 2021 |access-date=30 September 2020 |first=Eric |last=Zeman}} For instance, InformationWeek ran a story about The Register{{'}}s story, as used as the source for a New York Times article.{{Cite magazine |last=Maisto |first=Michelle |date=2016-02-25 |title=Apple Preparing Enhanced iPhone Security, NYT Reports |url=https://www.informationweek.com/cyber-resilience/apple-preparing-enhanced-iphone-security-nyt-reports |access-date=2024-02-29 |magazine=InformationWeek |quote=InformationWeek ran a story about The Register{{'}}s story about a New York Times article.}}

In September 2018, the Alexa ranking was #7,194.{{Cite web |title=Theregister.co.uk Traffic, Demographics and Competitors |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theregister.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002429/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theregister.co.uk |archive-date=13 September 2018 |access-date=12 September 2018 |website=Alexa |language=en}}

National Archives and Records Administration has archived part of the Web site.{{Cite web |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/networks/ |title=Networks News and Views for the World |website=The Register |access-date=25 December 2012 |archive-date=25 December 2012 |archive-url=https://www.webharvest.gov/congress112th/20121225042847/http://www.theregister.co.uk/networks/ |url-status=dead }}

The Register has an editorial staff of 16 writers and production experts.{{Cite news |title=Contact The Register |url=https://www.theregister.com/Profile/contact/ |access-date=26 April 2021 |website=The Register |language=en}} 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 and Rupert Goodwins.

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On 6 February 2017, The Register linked a clock signal issue in Cisco hardware to a serious defect on Intel's Atom C2000 series processors.{{cite web |first=Thomas |last=Claburn |work=The Register |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/03/cisco_clock_component_may_fail/ | title=FYI: Ticking time-bomb fault will brick Cisco gear after 18 months |date=2 February 2017}}{{Cite web |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |date=6 February 2017 |title=FYI: Intel's Atom C2000 chips are bricking products – and it's not just Cisco hit |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/06/cisco_intel_decline_to_link_product_warning_to_faulty_chip/ |website=The Register |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124122330/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/06/cisco_intel_decline_to_link_product_warning_to_faulty_chip/ |archive-date= Nov 24, 2019 }}

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, Apple, and Linux developers to release patches for their operating systems.{{Cite news |last=Wakefield |first=Jane |date=3 January 2018 |title=Major flaw in millions of Intel chips |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42553818 |url-status=live |access-date=20 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706013820/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42553818 |archive-date=6 July 2018 }}

On 12 October 2010 Martin Robbins of The Guardian accused The Register of misunderstanding climate science and misrepresenting a paper from the journal Nature in a manner that deliberately minimized the climate impact of human emissions.{{Cite web |last=Robbins |first=Martin |date=12 October 2010 |title=One climate paper, two conflicting headlines |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/dec/17/register-climate-myths |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231080259/https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/oct/11/2 |archive-date=31 December 2016 |website=The Guardian}} The Register published its "amusingly put-out 'response{{'"}} the same day.{{cite web |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/graun_robbins_counterblast/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224100035/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/graun_robbins_counterblast/ |archive-date=24 December 2016 |first=Lewis |last=Page |title=Guardian super-blogger flames Reg boffinry desk |work=The Register |date=12 October 2010 |url-status=live}}

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