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When you think of it and it related news you might think that this going to make for a very boring read. In most cases you would be correct and the news would be dull and un-interesting, especially to the non-it professional! So then if I told you that there was a website that gave you all of the latest it and it related news, with a twist would you believe me? Well you should! If you visit www.theregister.co.uk you will find a website with all the latest it news, but the crucial thing is that on the whole this news is dealt with in an amusing (sometimes sceptical) way, if possible. Yay... is ... more

The Register! A favourite site of mine if there ever was. Being heavily in to my computers, well, Macintoshes, anyway, this site is almost more frequented by me than these opinion pages, along with another fine e-publication, Macworld.co.uk. For those not in the know, The Reg, is an IT news site that prides itself in 'Biting the hand that feeds it'. They also pride themselves in being completely insane, mocking, Microsoft-bashing and the occasional BT-bashing. Like many news sites it's split up in to various areas: * Front Page - all the newest news from all the categories slung together to ... more

I don't remember how I first happened upon the website of The Register (The hand that bites IT) but I have been a visitor ever since, frequenting the site daily, although I usually go at around 6pm as the site's last update is around that time, so you get all the day's IT news on one day. The articles are generally well written, with an often sarcastic undertone, and some of the stories over tha last few months have been genuinely enlightening. For example, it might surprise many people, but before Windows went stupid, Bill Gates was actually a very accomplished programmer. No sphere of ... more

“Biting the Hand that Feeds IT” The Register (www.theregister.co.uk) is a marvellous webpage. The best way to think of it and the very best way to describe it is as a specialist interest newspaper for the Twenty-First century. The Register follows all the rules. > Rule #1: Content The Register brings to its pages a frightfully up to date series of news stories pertaining to Information Technology (hence the IT in the slogan up top). Here you’ll read facts and rumours about such things as Sega dumping the DreamCast, RedHotAnt going under, Microsoft’s new operating system ... more

Net and IT geeks will, of course, find plenty to keep them interested in this fascinating site about all things computer and web-related. But as someone who has nowhere near enough expertise to qualify for geekdom, there's plenty of interest for just about everyone with even a passing interest in the subject. Whether it's news of the latest dot.com failure or reports of complaints against ISPs, the news, almost invariably is here first. There's also lots of techy developments and a variety of forums to discuss the issues of the day. Another big plus - it's all written in a fun and accessible ... more