COMPUTER MAGAZINES

(Redirected from Computer magazine)

This is a list of magazines marketed primarily for computer and technology enthusiasts or users. The majority of these magazines cover general computer topics or several non-specific subject areas, however a few are also specialized to a certain area of computing and are listed separately.

Contents

General computer magazines

Monthly

Fortnightly

Weekly

Topic specific magazines

Apple Macs

Web development

Computer modification

Gaming

Internet

Business

Music

Mobile computing

Novice users

Retro computers

Linux and open-source

Academic journals

Other defunct computer-related magazines

Computer magazine publishers

See also

General computer magazines

These publications appeal to a broad audience. They usually talk about computer hardware, computer software and news relating to technology. These magazines could also be called technology magazines because of the large amount of content about non computer specific things are featured such as MP3 players and electronics.

Monthly

★ ''Atomic MPC'' (Australia)

★ ''APC'' (Australia)

★ ''BUG Magazine'' (Croatia)

★ ''Byte'' (United States) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Chip'' (India, Germany)

★ ''Computer Power User'' (United States) aka CPU.

★ ''Computer Scope'' (Ireland)

★ ''Computer Shopper'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''Computer Shopper'' (United States)

★ ''Computerworld'' (United States, Denmark, Russia, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia)

★ ''Computing (Urdu Magazine)'' (Pakistan)

★ ''Digit (magazine) (India)

★ ''F1 Magazine (Syria)

★ ''Maximum PC'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''NetGuide'' (New Zealand, Australia)

★ ''PC Advisor'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''PC Answers'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''PC Format'' (United Kingdom, South Africa)

★ ''PC Novice'' (United states)

★ ''PC Plus'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''PC Pro'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''PC Quest''(India)

★ ''PC User'' (Australia)

★ ''PC Utilities'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''PC World'' (United States), (United Kingdom, India, Australia)

★ ''Personal Computer World'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''SmartComputing'' (United States)

Fortnightly

★ ''c't'' (Germany, Netherlands)

★ ''PC Magazine'' (United States)

★ ''Computeractive'' (United Kingdom)

Weekly

★ ''Computing'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''MicroMart'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''Slashdot'' (Internet)

★ ''Computer Weekly'' (United Kingdom)

Topic specific magazines

These publications are marketed towards people who are interested in a specific topic of computing.

Apple Macs

★ ''Call-A.P.P.L.E.'' (United States)

★ ''MacAddict'' (United States)

★ ''MacCompanion'' (Internet)

★ ''MacFormat'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''MacUser'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''Macworld'' (Australia, United States, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom)

Web development

★ ''.net'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''Practical Webdesign'' (United Kingdom)

Computer modification

★ ''Custom PC'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''Maximum PC'' (United States)

★ ''PC Extreme'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

Gaming

★ ''Computer and Video Games'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Computer Gamer'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Computer Games''

★ ''Computer Gaming World'' (now '')

★ ''Classic Gamer'' (Internet)

★ ''Edge'' (United Kingdom, Spain)

★ ''New Age Gaming'' (South Africa)

★ ''PC Gamer''

★ ''PC PowerPlay (Australia)

★ ''The Way It's Meant to be Played'' (mini-zine) (United Kingdom)

Internet

★ ''Web User'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''First Monday'' (Internet) (''Peer reviewed'')

Business

★ "CIO" (United States)

★ ''eWeek'' (United States)

★ ''InfoWorld'' (United States)

★ ''InformationWeek'' (United States)

Music

★ ''Computer Music'' (United Kingdom)

Mobile computing

★ ''PC Today'' (United States)

Novice users

★ ''First Glimpse'' (United States)

Retro computers

The following magazines cover topics related to classic computer makes such as the Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum or Amstrad CPC. Many of these magazines are now discontinued as the computers they discuss are now out of production.

★ ''.info'' (United States, Canada) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Amiga Power'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Amiga Format'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Amiga Active'' (''discontinued'')

★ ''Amiga Computing'' (''discontinued'')

★ ''Amiga Survivor'' (''discontinued'')

★ ''Amiga User International'' (''discontinued'')

★ ''Amiga World'' (''discontinued'')

★ ''Amstrad Action'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Amstrad Computer User'' (United States) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Amtix!'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

★ ''A.N.A.L.O.G.'' (United States) (''discontinued'')

★ ''ANTIC'' (United States) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Atari User'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Computing with the Amstrad CPC'' ( ) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Commodore User'' (later renamed to ''CU Amiga Magazine'') (''discontinued'')

★ ''Your Sinclair'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Crash'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Retro Review Magazine'' (Portugal / United Kingdom) http://www.retroreview.com (''sleeping'')

★ ''Zzap!64'' (United Kingdom) (''discontinued'')

★ ''Input Magazine'' (orig. United Kingdom) (''partwork 1984-1985'')

Linux and open-source

The following magazines cover topics related to the Linux operating system (as well as other Unix based operating systems) and other forms of open-source/ free software. Some of these magazines are targeted a IT professionals (with an emphasis on the use of these systems in the workplace) whilst others are designed for home users.

★ ''Enterprise open source journal'' (Internet)

★ ''Free Software Magazine'' (Internet)

★ ''Linux Format'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''Linux Gazette'' (Internet)

★ ''Linux Journal'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''Linux Weekly News'' (Internet)

Academic journals

As well as consumer magazines there are a number of journals circulated in academic circles (normally associated with a governing body such as the IEEE). These magazines may cover several different topics as well as computing and often deal with more technical aspects of hardware and software.

★ ''ACM Computing Reviews'' (United States) (ACM Journal)

★ ''ACM Queue'' (United States) (ACM Journal)

★ ''ACM Transactions on Graphics'' (United States) (ACM Journal)

★ ''American Programmer'' (United States)

★ ''Computer'' (United States) (IEEE Journal)

★ ''Computer Graphics'' (United States) (ACM SIGGRAPH Journal)

★ ''C/C++ Users Journal'' (United States) (Independent Publisher)

★ ''Dr. Dobb's Journal'' (United States) (Independent publisher)

Other defunct computer-related magazines

★ ''Amazing Computing''

★ ''C'' (Finland)

★ ''Compute!''

★ ''Compute!'s Gazette''

★ ''Creative Computing''

★ ''Datamation''

★ ''Electronics today international (magazine)'' electronics magazine that also published early homebrew computer systems

★ ''Free Software Magazine (China)''

★ ''Info 64''

★ ''Nibble''

★ ''The Rainbow''

★ ''RUN''

★ ''Sinclair User''

★ ''The One''

★ ''Zero''

Computer magazine publishers

The following companies publish one or several computer related magazines. Some of these publishers produce computer magazines exclusively and most produce multiple magazines from this genre.

★ ''Sandhills Publishing Company'' (United States)

★ ''Newsfield Publications'' (United Kingdom)

★ ''Future Publishing'' (United Kingdom)

See also

★ List of disk magazines

★ Magazines

★ Computers