The Register Explained

The Register
Commercial:Yes
Type:Technology news
Language:English
Registration:Optional
Owner:Situation Publishing
Current Status:Active
Location City:London
Location Country:England

The Register is a British technology news website[1] co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee and John Lettice.[2] The online newspaper's masthead sublogo is "Biting the hand that feeds IT." The publication's primary focus is information technology news and opinions.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] In 2003, that site moved to theregister.com.[7] That content was later merged onto theregister.co.uk. The Register carries syndicated content including Simon Travaglia's BOFH stories.[8]

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.[9]

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,[10] rising to 468,000 daily and nearly 9.5 million monthly in 2013.[11] 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.[12] [13]

Their stories are cited by major news sources[14] and also used for backup information.[1] [15] Stories in other periodicals were based on their exposés.[16] For instance, InformationWeek ran a story about The Registers story, as used as the source for a New York Times article.[17]

In September 2018, the Alexa ranking was #7,194.[18]

National Archives and Records Administration has archived part of the Web site.[19]

Writers

The Register has an editorial staff of 16 writers and production experts.[20] 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

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.[21] [22]

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.[23]

Criticism

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.[24] The Register published its "amusingly put-out 'response'" the same day.[25]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Mitchell . Dan . 26 November 2005 . Big Google Becomes Big Target . .
  2. News: Grossman . Wendy M. . 2 June 2006 . How online journalism got its UK start . . Wilmington Media Ltd . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105035712/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/34330 . 5 November 2013.
  3. Book: Investor's Library: Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis, and Income Investing . Marvin . Appel . Harry . Domash . Michael N. . Kahn . 7 January 2011 . Pearson Education . 9780132678186.
  4. Web site: 9 May 2019 . Veteran vulture Andrew Orlowski is offski after 19 years at The Register . The Register . Andrew . Orlowski.
  5. Book: Walsh, Bob . Clear Blogging: How People Blogging Are Changing the World and How You Can Join Them . 2007 . Apress . 978-1-4302-0321-6 . Berkeley, California . 184907857 .
  6. Web site: Cullen . Drew . 25 February 2002 . The Register Comes to the US . The Register . https://web.archive.org/web/20041226053405/https://www.theregister.com/2002/02/25/the_register_comes/ . 26 December 2004 . 12 April 2023 .
  7. Web site: Cullen . Drew . 24 February 2003 . theregister.com goes live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191659/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/24/theregister_com_goes_live/ . 5 March 2016 . 11 February 2023 . The Register .
  8. Book: Adams . Andrew A. . Rachel J. . McCrindle . Pandora's Box: Social and Professional Issues of the Information Age . 2008 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-0-470-06553-2 . Chichester, England . 137325218 .
  9. News: 11 November 2010 . Paper plane launched into space captures Earth images . . live . 15 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101114025447/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11734084 . 14 November 2010 .
  10. Web site: The Register . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120719175001/http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17591287.pdf . 19 July 2012 . 19 January 2012 . Audit Bureau of Circulations Limited.
  11. Web site: The Register . 1 October 2013 . Audit Bureau of Circulations Limited.
  12. 7 January 2015 . CES: FTC chairwoman warns how IoT device data can secretly be used against you . . Darlene . Storm.
  13. 1 May 2006 . Vista: the 'Anti-Linux'? . . David . DeJean . https://web.archive.org/web/20200820233110/https://www.informationweek.com/desktop/vista-the-anti-linux/d/d-id/1042748 . 20 August 2020.
  14. News: Streitfeld . David . 25 January 2012 . Groupon Promotion Goes Too Far . .
  15. "See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016 ... InformationWeek. Worst Passwords Of 2015 Reveal Our Stupidity.
  16. Android VP Barra Exits For Chinese Smartphone . dead . . 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 . 25 June 2021 . 30 September 2020 . Eric . Zeman.
  17. Maisto . Michelle . 2016-02-25 . Apple Preparing Enhanced iPhone Security, NYT Reports . 2024-02-29 . . InformationWeek ran a story about The Registers story about a New York Times article..
  18. Web site: Theregister.co.uk Traffic, Demographics and Competitors . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002429/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theregister.co.uk . 13 September 2018 . 12 September 2018 . Alexa . en.
  19. Web site: Networks News and Views for the World . The Register . 25 December 2012 . 25 December 2012 . https://www.webharvest.gov/congress112th/20121225042847/http://www.theregister.co.uk/networks/ . dead .
  20. Web site: Contact The Register . 26 April 2021 . The Register . en.
  21. Web site: Thomas . Claburn . The Register . FYI: Ticking time-bomb fault will brick Cisco gear after 18 months . 2 February 2017.
  22. Web site: Claburn . Thomas . 6 February 2017 . FYI: Intel's Atom C2000 chips are bricking products – and it's not just Cisco hit . The Register . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191124122330/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/06/cisco_intel_decline_to_link_product_warning_to_faulty_chip/ . Nov 24, 2019 .
  23. News: Wakefield . Jane . 3 January 2018 . Major flaw in millions of Intel chips . BBC News . live . 20 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180706013820/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42553818 . 6 July 2018 .
  24. Web site: Robbins . Martin . 12 October 2010 . One climate paper, two conflicting headlines . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161231080259/https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/oct/11/2 . 31 December 2016 . The Guardian.
  25. Web site: Guardian super-blogger flames Reg boffinry desk . https://web.archive.org/web/20161224100035/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/graun_robbins_counterblast/ . 24 December 2016 . Lewis . Page . The Register . 12 October 2010 . live.

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