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The Register is a British technology news websiteNEWS, Mitchell, Dan, 26 November 2005, Big Google Becomes Big Target, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/technology/big-google-becomes-big-target.html, co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee and John Lettice.NEWS, Grossman, Wendy M., 2 June 2006, How online journalism got its UK start, Press Gazette, Wilmington Media Ltd,www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/34330, dead,www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/34330," title="web.archive.org/web/20131105035712www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/34330,">web.archive.org/web/20131105035712www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/34330, 5 November 2013, The online newspaper’s masthead sublogo is ”Biting the hand that feeds IT.“WEB, Mellor, Chris, 15 October 2015, Dell-EMC merger could leave Lenovo out in the cold – analysts,www.theregister.com/2015/10/15/dell_emc_merger_lenovo_reselling, {{update inline|date=November 2023}} The publication’s primary focus is information technology news and opinions.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.WEB, 9 May 2019, It’s Been Fun,www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/09/andrew_okthxbye/, The Register, 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.BOOK, Walsh, Bob,www.worldcat.org/oclc/184907857, 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, 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.WEB, Cullen, Drew, 25 February 2002, The Register Comes to the US,www.theregister.com/2002/02/25/the_register_comes/, The Register,web.archive.org/web/20041226053405/https://www.theregister.com/2002/02/25/the_register_comes/, 26 December 2004, 12 April 2023, In 2003, that site moved to theregister.com.WEB, Cullen, Drew, 24 February 2003, theregister.com goes live,www.theregister.com/2003/02/24/theregister_com_goes_live/,www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/24/theregister_com_goes_live/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160305191659www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/24/theregister_com_goes_live/,">web.archive.org/web/20160305191659www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/24/theregister_com_goes_live/, 5 March 2016, 11 February 2023, The Register, That content was later merged onto theregister.co.uk. The Register carries syndicated content including Simon Travaglia’s BOFH stories.BOOK, Adams, Andrew A.,www.worldcat.org/oclc/137325218, Pandora’s Box: Social and Professional Issues of the Information Age, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Rachel J. McCrindle, 978-0-470-06553-2, Chichester, England, 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.NEWS, 11 November 2010, Paper plane launched into space captures Earth images, BBC News,www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11734084, live, 15 November 2010,www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11734084," title="web.archive.org/web/20101114025447www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11734084,">web.archive.org/web/20101114025447www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11734084, 14 November 2010, 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,WEB, The Register,www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17591287.pdf, live,www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17591287.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20120719175001www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17591287.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20120719175001www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17591287.pdf, 19 July 2012, 19 January 2012, abc.org.uk, Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK), Audit Bureau of Circulations Limited, rising to 468,000 daily and nearly 9.5 million monthly in 2013.WEB, The Register,www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/18799747.pdf, 1 October 2013, abc.org.uk, 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.MAGAZINE, 7 January 2015, CES: FTC chairwoman warns how IoT device data can secretly be used against you,www.computerworld.com/article/2866533/ces-ftc-chairwoman-warns-how-iot-device-data-can-secretly-be-used-against-you.html, Computerworld, MAGAZINE, 1 May 2006, Vista: the ‘Anti-Linux’?,www.informationweek.com/desktop/vista-the-anti-linux/d/d-id/1042748?piddl_msgorder=thrd, InformationWeek, Their stories are cited by major news sourcesNEWS, Streitfeld, David, 25 January 2012, Groupon Promotion Goes Too Far, The New York Times,bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/todays-scuttlebot-video-game-rats-and-groupons-snake-serum, and also used for backup information.“Seewww.theregister.co.uk/2016 ... MAGAZINE, InformationWeek,informationweek.com/messages.asp?piddl_msgthreadid=26250%26piddl_msgid=314304, 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.Hugo Barra: MAGAZINE, Android VP Barra Exits For Chinese Smartphone,www.informationweek.com/messages.asp?piddl_msgthreadid=5834%26piddl_msgid=189395, dead, InformationWeek,web.archive.org/web/20210331050511/https://www.informationweek.com/messages.asp?piddl_msgthreadid=5834&piddl_msgid=189395, 31 March 2021, 30 September 2020, For instance, InformationWeek ran a story about The Registers story, as used as the source for a New York Times article.MAGAZINE, Maisto, Michelle, 2016-02-25, Apple Preparing Enhanced iPhone Security, NYT Reports,www.informationweek.com/cyber-resilience/apple-preparing-enhanced-iphone-security-nyt-reports, 2024-02-29, InformationWeek, InformationWeek ran a story about The Registers story about a New York Times article., In September 2018, the Alexa ranking was #7,194.WEB, Theregister.co.uk Traffic, Demographics and Competitors,www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theregister.co.uk, dead,web.archive.org/web/20180913002429/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theregister.co.uk, 13 September 2018, 12 September 2018, Alexa, en, National Archives and Records Administration has archived part of the Web site.WEB,www.theregister.co.uk/networks/, Networks News and Views for the World, The Register, 25 December 2012, 25 December 2012,www.theregister.co.uk/networks/," title="www.webharvest.gov/congress112th/20121225042847www.theregister.co.uk/networks/,">www.webharvest.gov/congress112th/20121225042847www.theregister.co.uk/networks/, dead, Writers The Register has an editorial staff of 16 writers and production experts.WEB, Contact The Register,www.theregister.com/Profile/contact/, 26 April 2021, The Register, 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. Intel chips flaw investigation {{Further|Intel Atom#Issues|Meltdown (security vulnerability)|Spectre (security vulnerability)}}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’s Atom C2000 series processors.WEB, Claburn, Thomas, 6 February 2017, FYI: Intel’s Atom C2000 chips are bricking products – and it’s not just Cisco hit,www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/06/cisco_intel_decline_to_link_product_warning_to_faulty_chip/, The Register, live,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, {{Non-primary source needed|date=March 2023}}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.NEWS, Wakefield, Jane, 3 January 2018, Major flaw in millions of Intel chips, BBC News,www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42553818, live, 20 January 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180706013820/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42553818, 6 July 2018, 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.WEB, Robbins, Martin, 12 October 2010, One climate paper, two conflicting headlines,www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2010/dec/17/register-climate-myths,web.archive.org/web/20161231080259/https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/oct/11/2, 31 December 2016, The Guardian, The Register published its “amusingly put-out ‘response’” the same day.www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/graun_robbins_counterblast/" title="web.archive.org/web/20161224100035www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/graun_robbins_counterblast/">Lewis Page. ”Guardian super-blogger flames Reg boffinry desk”, in ‘’The Register, 12 October 2010. References {{reflist}} External links {{official website}} WEB, Archive of articles about Pseudopedia,search.theregister.com/?q=Pseudopedia, The Register,