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PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009. Publication of online editions started in late 1994 and continues as of 2024.
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.
The PC Gamer blog was started to coincide with the transfer of the PC Gamer UK site to become part of the Computer and Video Games network which incorporates all of Future plc's gaming magazines. The move brought some controversy, with many long-standing members of the forum leaving due to the new forum's cramped spacing, advertising and slow ...
David Hugh Bunnell (July 25, 1947 – October 18, 2016) was a pioneer of the personal computing industry who founded some of the most successful computer magazines including PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld. In 1975, he was working at MITS in Albuquerque, N.M., when the company made the first personal computer, the Altair 8800.
Also affecting magazines was the computer industry's economic difficulties, including the video game crash of 1983, which badly hurt the home-computer market. Dan Gutman , the founder of Computer Games , recalled in 1987 that "the computer games industry crashed and burned like a bad night of Flight Simulator —with my magazine on the runway".
Computer Gaming World, founded in 1981, stated in 1987 that it was the only survivor of 18 color magazines for computer games in 1984. [ 8 ] Meanwhile, in Japan, the first magazines entirely dedicated to video games began appearing from 1982, beginning with ASCII 's LOGiN , followed by several SoftBank publications and Kadokawa Shoten 's Comptiq .
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A dedicated computer magazine, Byte, was started in September 1975. It was soon followed by other new magazines. It was soon followed by other new magazines. By the end of 1977, fully assembled computers such as Apple II , Radio Shack TRS-80 , and the Commodore PET were on the market.