Editing The Register

{{About|the technology news website||Register (disambiguation)}}
{{Short description|British technology news and opinion website}}
{{Use Oxford spelling|date=April 2023}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = ''The Register''
| logo = The Register logo.svg
| screenshot = TheRegister.co.uk screenshot.png
| screenshot_alt = Screenshot of The Register website showing various content
| caption = Screenshot of the website in December 2024
| url = {{official URL}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[Technology journalism|Technology news]]
| language = English
| registration = Optional
| owner = Situation Publishing
| author = {{ubl|[[Mike Magee (journalist)|Mike Magee]]|John Lettice}}
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1994}}
| current_status = Active
| ipv6 = No
| location_city = London
| location_country = England
}}
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'''''The Register''''' is a British [[Technology journalism|technology news]] website<ref name="TheRegister.NYT2005">{{Cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Dan |date=26 November 2005 |title=Big Google Becomes Big Target |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/technology/big-google-becomes-big-target.html}}</ref> co-founded in 1994 by [[Mike Magee (journalist)|Mike Magee]] and John Lettice.<ref name="grossman">{{Cite news |last=Grossman |first=Wendy M. |date=2 June 2006 |title=How online journalism got its UK start |work=[[Press Gazette]] |publisher=Wilmington Media Ltd |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/34330 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105035712/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/34330 |archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref> The [[online newspaper]]'s [[Nameplate_(publishing)|masthead]] [[Logo|sublogo]] is "''Biting the hand that feeds IT''." The publication's primary focus is information technology news and opinions.<ref name="TheRegister.Masthead">{{cite book |title=Investor's Library: Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis, and Income Investing |first1=Marvin |last1=Appel |first2=Harry |last2=Domash |first3=Michael N. |last3=Kahn |date=7 January 2011 |publisher=Pearson Education |isbn=9780132678186}}</ref>

Situation Publishing Ltd is the site's publisher. Drew Cullen is an owner and Linus Birtles is the managing director. [[Andrew Orlowski]] was the executive editor before leaving the website in May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 May 2019 |title=Veteran vulture Andrew Orlowski is offski after 19 years at ''The Register'' |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/09/andrew_okthxbye/ |website=The Register |first=Andrew |last=Orlowski}}</ref>

==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''.

==Readership and content==
In 2011 it was read daily by over 350,000 users according to the [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]],<ref name="abc2011">{{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 (UK)|Audit Bureau of Circulations Limited]]}}</ref> rising to 468,000 daily and nearly 9.5&nbsp;million monthly in 2013.<ref name="abc2012">{{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}}</ref> 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%.<ref name="abc2011" /> In 2012 the UK and US accounted for approximately 41% and 28% of page impressions respectively, with Canada at 3.61%.<ref name="abc2012" />

''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

Their stories are cited by major news sources<ref name="TheRegister.NYT2012">{{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}}</ref> and also used for backup information.<ref name=TheRegister.NYT2005/><ref>"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 }}</ref> Stories in other periodicals were based on their [[Expos%C3%A9 (journalism)|exposés]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> For instance, ''InformationWeek'' ran a story about ''The Register''{{'}}s story, as used as the source for a ''New York Times'' article.<ref>{{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.}}</ref>

In September 2018, the Alexa ranking was #7,194.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

[[National Archives and Records Administration]] has archived part of the Web site.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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

==Intel chips flaw investigation==
{{Further|Intel Atom#Issues|Meltdown (security vulnerability)|Spectre (security vulnerability)}}

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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 Inc.|Apple]], and [[Linux]] developers to release patches for their operating systems.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Criticism==
On 12 October 2010 Martin Robbins of ''The Guardian'' accused ''The Register'' of misunderstanding [[climatology|climate science]] and misrepresenting a paper from the journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' in a manner that deliberately minimized the climate impact of human emissions.<ref name="BuffGuard">{{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]]}}</ref> ''The Register'' published its "amusingly put-out 'response{{'"}} the same day.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Cite web |title=Archive of articles about Wikipedia |url=https://search.theregister.com/?q=wikipedia |website=The Register}}

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