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Biting the hand that feeds IT Copyright: Copyright 2008, Situation Publishing Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:13:29 +0200 You asked for 'em, you got 'emCash'n'Carrion We're well chuffed this fine Friday afternoon to announce that - in response to customer demand - we've rolled out women's-fit t-shirts across the entire Cash'n'Carrion range.… Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:56:49 +0200 Hurry, while the show's in townSite Offer The Olympic Games are coming to a close this weekend, and so does our Beijing Bonanza sale at Register Books. However, there is no need to miss out as you still have ample time to get stuck into our knockout discount of 50 per cent off* on over 1,600 books.… Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:59:18 +0200 Find herculean savingsSite offer With the Olympic Games in Beijing starting this week we’ve racked our brains for the IT angle and we can’t find one. Instead we at Register Books have decided to hammer down prices and run with an inflation-beating 50 per cent off* a vast selection of titles across a range of topics.… Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:07:36 +0200 It’s in the reMix, babyMicrosoft’s reMix08 lands on the golden beaches of Brighton next month and The Register can help you get there on the cheap.… Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:50:05 +0200 Reg merchandising tentacle rebornWe're delighted to announce this sunny afternoon the rebirth of Reg merchandising tentacle Cash'n'Carrion - which has undergone a complete overhaul and now boasts an improved shopping experience and a rack of new t-shirt designs.… Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:42:19 +0200 Record readership, record auditPress release London, UK, July 31 The Register has marked its tenth year as the UK's top tech and science news website by publishing its best readership figures yet.… Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:25:24 +0200 Don't hold backSite offer It’s a familiar story for most computer programmers. You can write in C++ while you’re asleep and you could have a stab at creating a program using Java™ as well. However when it comes to Visual Basic you haven’t got a clue. Balancing which languages you specialise in and keeping a well-rounded knowledge of the hundreds of options available is difficult, but we at Reg Books are here to help!… Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:10:29 +0200 RegCast Like live TV, but even scarier
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:02:06 +0200 Get 'em at Register BooksSite offer Microsoft has just released the first online learning courses covering the new Visual Studio 08 technologies, and we are offering these to you with a 20 per cent discount off the RRP* for a limited time only. Written and produced by Microsoft’s own product developers, these courses are ideal for anyone who wants to get started with the ADO.NET features of the new Visual Studio suite.… Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:18:00 +0200 Get 'em hereVirtualisation is the abstraction of resources such as servers and machines so that all detail is hidden from the end user but they still get the benefits of what can be offered. It is rapidly gaining prominence as a useful IT tool and we have a range of titles, both online learning and physical books, that cover various aspects of virtualisation in IT.… Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:02:02 +0100 Click here for your rant of choiceIt's come to our attention that a certain kind of story will invariably provoke a Pavlovian response in certain Reg commentators who, in lieu of salivating at the sound of a bell, will suffer an immediate figurative jerking of the knee.… Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:46:04 +0100 RegCast: Got plans on April 2nd? Cancel them.
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:27:31 +0100 Nip and tuck for a fresh new employment outlookEl Reg's jobs tentacle Reg Jobs has undergone some light cosmetic surgery to offer you, our beloved jobseeking readers, an altogether fresher employment hunting experience.… Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:02:02 +0100 A portrait of high quality digital artSite offer Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) has become an art and much of what can be produced today is stunningly beautiful. Ballistic finds the best digital artists in the world and puts their work in fantastic art books.… Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:02:02 +0100 Free El Reg whitepaper probes grubby business practiceThe business readers among you who are worried that your data is grubbier than a chimneysweep's fingernails might be interested in this free whitepaper (pdf) put together by the El Reg Department of Sanitisation.… Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:45 +0100 Attack your desktop support woesWebcast Desktop Support. There it is. We said it.… Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:01:33 +0100 Activate and learnRegister Books is offering 20 per cent off all Microsoft’s Official Online Learning courses covering the .NET Framework 2.0, all of which can help you prepare for exam 70-536 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Application Development Foundation.… Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:09:30 +0100 Attack your desktop support woesWebcast Desktop Support. There it is. We said it.… Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:02:02 +0100 Get ahead of the curveSecurity has always been a major factor in IT and continues to grow in importance.… Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:32:41 +0100 Let's get ready to rumbleThe Great Debate Talk of "greening" a datacenter or desktop seems a tad insane. After all, it's not like you're popping daisy stems into the holes of a raised floor. Instead, you're really talking about hunks of metal stuffed with often toxic chemicals, and these hunks of metal happen to have better performance per watt characteristics than last year's hardware.… Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:01:24 +0100 40% off a range of Oracle 11g titlesSite offer IDC reports that Oracle now has a 44.4 per cent market share and the latest release of Oracle 11g carries forward their vision for the database market. The titles below provide comprehensive coverage of this latest release and nearly all are 40 per cent off* on Register Books now.… Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:23:35 +0100 Get started in minutesSite offer With the introduction last week of our brand new Online Learning Courses, Register Books can now consider itself to have global appeal, overcoming the many physical problems of delivery to our overseas friends. We have a huge range of courses covering many different topics, and access privileges for all of them can be delivered to your inbox within minutes of placing your order, no matter where in the world you are.… Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:05:07 +0100 Free trial courses to whet your appetitesSite offer In the last instalment of our Christmas Offer, we mentioned that Register Books would be launching a brand new product range that we thought would be of interest to Reg readers.… Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:02:02 +0100 What tickled your fancy in 2007Chart It's probably your last working day of the year. In under two weeks time you'll be back at your desk, your cholesterol count almost as high as your credit card debt, and your short term memory shot to pieces.… Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:26:03 +0100 Part 3: This is the end, my geeky friendSite offer The final installment in our Christmas Gifts promotion is here with another eight titles. We hope you've found something in one of our "Geeks Gifts for Christmas" articles that suits one of your friends or family.… Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:02:02 +0100 Part Two: Please your geekSite offer And so we continue with the second installment of our Christmas offerings. With some of this year's expected bestsellers in the list below, it truly is a blockbuster production.… Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:27:51 +0100 Part One: Your festive shopping starts, and stops, hereSite offer Last year, our Geeks Gifts for Christmas offer proved to be a roaring success with lots of you taking advantage of our great deals on both tech and not-so-tech titles in time for Christmas. In fact, it was so good we even ran a sequel.… Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:29:30 +0200 Your guide to use and abuseThe commentators among you will have noticed that El Reg recently deployed a set of 11 "comment icons" (now expanded to 23) allowing you, our beloved readers, to flag your two bits' worth with a suitable image.… Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:07:48 +0200 No spelling round. Phew.The Register emerged triumphant and almost upright from a pub quiz which pitted the cream of London media against each other.… Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:51:04 +0200 It's all here - from Hardy Heron to Feisty FawnUbuntu is the free Linux-based operating system designed with frequent updating in mind.… Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:19:44 +0200 Get photorealisticBooks Photoshop Creative Suite 3 (CS3) is the latest instalment from the hugely popular image manipulation program by Adobe Systems. Photoshop has been the market leader in this field for a number of years and this latest version, CS3, is the 10th iteration. The 3 main components for improvement, as marketed by Adobe themselves, are that CS3 will "work more productively, edit with unrivalled power, and composite with breakthrough tools." Sound enough reason for any Photoshop user to find out how best to get the most out of the program. Well, look no further! We here at Register Books have compiled 6 reviews that will guide you through the best ways to do this. As usual, a massive 40 per cent* discount is available on all the titles.… Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:44:23 +0200 Write retrospective PR - win a T-shirtSummer Fun There's something about Google and news. Nothing brings out the autistic side of Google's corporate personality more than answering criticism about its handling of news material.… Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:02:02 +0200 Get your holiday reading material hereSummer is with us, or at least it should be once the rains stops, and it’s getting to that time of year when we all take the customary two week break away from the stress and the strains of work and the modern world. Trouble is, once we’re away from it, we start to miss it.… Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:30:53 +0200 Your opinions solicitedThe Register started out as a UK operation with a UK addressed web site, but accidentally and against our expectations became a pretty successful international operation. In deference to marketing we should point out that in recent years the international success has been both planned and deliberate, but that certainly isn't what we were thinking about back in the mid-90s when we set up theregister.co.uk. And that is, sort of, what we feel the need to ask you about today - the .co.uk was at first an obstacle to be overcome, then arguably became an important component of The Register's branding, but how important is it to you, and in what ways?… Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:08:54 +0200 Meningitis Trust to benefit from much meowingWe know what a big-hearted bunch you lot are, so open your wallets today in support of the chap who has promised to eat catfood if he gets more than £1,000 in sponsorship for the Meningitis Trust.… Tue, 22 May 2007 01:40:24 +0200 Forsooth to the boothSite news Interop, the mothership of all enterprise computing shows, touches down on Las Vegas tomorrow. And The Register is coming along for the ride.… Fri, 11 May 2007 12:16:20 +0200 Save while you trainThe Register has teamed up with Microsoft Press to bring you training kits for various Microsoft certification exams with a colossal 40 per cent off the RRP*.… Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:43:09 +0200 Test your way to successIn a world where there is greater demand for more timely, concise, and accurate data, software testing has become an integral part of any organisation's endeavours for a stable IT infrastructure.… Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:24:44 +0200 40% off tasty titlesSite offer The Easter holiday is upon us, and for many it is the first chance since Christmas to get away from work, put your feet up, and take a break.… Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:47:29 +0100 Books support the theoryMarch 12-16, 2007, saw the Qcon Conference take place at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster, London. Yours truly, here at El Reg, sponsored the event that was advertised as "organized by the community, for the community."… Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:02:02 +0100 When you buy an Apress, Apress Academic, or Friends of ED titleSite offer Our good friends at Apress have very kindly offered us another batch of Verity Stob's best selling collection of amusing stories and anecdotes to give away free with every book bought.… Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:22:38 +0100 A treasure trove of titlesRuby is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity. Taking elements inspired by Perl, Small talk, Python and LISP (among others) Ruby has grown from its 1993 conception to become a much-used interpreted scripting language for Object-Oriented Programming.… Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:23:25 +0100 Emails or feeds on the topics you loveSite news You can get emails, or build a feed, on any topic, company or technology area we write about by heading down to search.theregister.co.uk, running a search for anything of interest, and following the links.… Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:36:40 +0100 Code with the best of themSite offer With reports that UK online sales in the weeks before Christmas hit nearly £7.7bn, and with the emerging markets in the Far East stamping their mark on today's online communities, it is a brave man that will bet against the web developing still further in terms of its importance in global financial markets.… Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:00:07 +0100 Updated, improved and available right nowWe're delighted to announce that El Reg has deployed an updated version of its news alerts service - effortlessly delivering RSS feeds and offering a scrolling news ticker and custom alert box for those of you that simply must have your news fix right now, if not sooner.… Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:27:27 +0100 15% off RecoveryVault for Reg readersSite offer Those of you who are still not fully aware that your data is at risk from absolutely everything are advised to consider a secure back-up deal we've cut with RecoveryVault - exclusively offering Reg readers 15 per cent off all secure back-up packages.… Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:02:33 +0100 Time to expand your bookshelfSite offer You've done it again. Our programming classics article went down a storm and prompted several emails back to Register Books, both praising and suggesting.… Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:08:29 +0100 Programming classicsCashnCarrion Though IT is one of the fastest changing industries, there are some things that endure the test of time.… Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:07:35 +0100 Huge savings on shirts, caps and more...Site offer Reg merchandising tentacle Cash'n'Carrion is clearing its shelves in anticipation of some new, exciting products for 2007 and has accordingly slashed prices on a range of existing stock.… Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:06:16 +0100 40% off Excel books so you don't break itSite offer Christmas is over, New Year has come and gone (we think! Rather too much of the merry juice to remember exactly - hic!) and now you’re facing up to the prospect of a long, cold winter with nothing in sight to ease the pain.… |
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