Editing The Register (section)

==History==
''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]]''.<ref name="Walsh">{{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 }}</ref>

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]]''.<ref name="cullen2002">{{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 }}</ref> In 2003, that site moved to theregister.com.<ref name="cullen2003">{{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 }}</ref> That content was later merged onto theregister.co.uk. ''The Register'' carries syndicated content including [[Simon Travaglia]]'s [[BOFH]] stories.<ref name="adams">{{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 }}</ref>

In 2010 ''The Register'' supported the successful launch of the [[Paper Aircraft Released Into Space|Paper Aircraft Released into Space]], a project they announced in 2009 that released a [[paper plane]] in the extreme upper atmosphere.<ref name="project-bbc-coverage">{{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 }}</ref>

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