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13 unusual facts about The Register


Cardiff Rift

In Under Torch Wood, a one-off Torchwood parody for The Register (a dialogue in the style of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas' radio play Under Milk Wood), columnist Verity Stob derides the device as lazy writing on the part of Davies and his writing team, and comments on its large indebtedness to the Hellmouth from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Cherrypal

An article in The Register noted that Cherrypal's producers asserted that the computer will consume only 2 watts of power.

Drupa

The official 1986 Drupa theme song was nominated as one of the worst corporate anthems ever by The Register.

Guy Kewney

One of his daughters, Lucy Sherriff, was on the staff of The Register until 2007.

Harry Glickman

He had plans to become a sportswriter, and served as the campus correspondant for The Oregonian, the director of the university’s athletic news bureau, and wrote for the school paper as well as The Register-Guard.

Midna

The Register editor Tyler Stewart made such a comparison, calling Midna annoying.

Tech tabloid

The tabloid tag does not apply to the paper format, as many of these publications are web-based only, such as The Inquirer and The Register.

Telewest

On 21 November 2006, after the merger with NTL, The Register reported that Subscriber Traffic Management was being trialled in areas in the north of England and was rolling out nationwide.

The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology

The United States branch of Amazon.com responded to a request for comment about the situation from The Register, and stated: "we're awaiting arrival of the inventory into our fulfillment networks. As soon as we get the books in our fulfillment centers, we'll start shipping them out to customers".

The Register

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 Guide.

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.

The Register-Guard

In 1953, Tugman was one of four editors in the country to sign a declaration opposing Senator Joseph McCarthy's questioning of New York Post editor James Wechsler in closed Senate hearings.

Verity Stob

Since 2003, her column has appeared in the British technology news and opinion website, The Register.


Arthur Baker-Clack

He was a journalist the The Register before moving to the Perth Morning Herald covering the Western Australian goldfields.

Internet Explorer 9

In The Register, Tim Anderson said Internet Explorer 9 was Microsoft's answer to the fall in Internet Explorer's market share (from 68.5% in July 2008 to 46% in January 2011, according to StatCounter).

Rackspace

Some organisations served by Rackspace's UK web hosting services include Confused.com, Vue, Renault, online publication The Register, Huddle, Funny or Die, Metacafe, Suicide Girls, and net connect.

Real Time Club

Similarly, the club maintains connections to the media, in particular through industry publications such as Computer Weekly and The Register.

Stephen Juan

Besides books, Juan has been a regular columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, The Daily News, The Register, and The National Post.