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Computeractive

Editor	Paul Allen
Categories	Technology magazine
Frequency	Fortnightly
Circulation	177,330
First issue	February 1998
Company	Incisive Media
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	www.computeractive.co.uk
ISSN	1461-6211

Computeractive (sometimes written as Computeract!ve, to reflect the logo) is a fortnightly^[1] computer magazine published by Incisive Media in the UK. It was originally published by VNU Business Publications, which was bought by Incisive Media in 2007. Its sister magazines are Personal Computer World and The Ultimate Guide series. Its first issue was in February 1998.

Based on fortnightly sales, confirmed by the UK's Audit Bureau of Circulation, Computeractive is the UK's best-selling computer magazine. Whilst 79% of the magazine's readers are male, it is claimed that the 21% female readership is the largest for any UK technology magazine.^[2]

A downloadable version of Computeractive is provided by Zinio^[3].

Contents

The magazine is split into three main sections:

How To - includes a pull-out 'Workshops' section, a question-and-answer section in which staff provide answers to readers' computer problems and productivity features on a broad range of home computing topics.

Tried & Tested - reviews of consumer hardware and software by the magazine's staff and various freelance journalists.

Interactive - news, consumer rights advice, recommended freeware and shareware downloads and reader-generated material such as computer tips and letters.

Computeractive was redesigned to celebrate its tenth anniversary, with the new look launched in February 2008.

Plain English

Computeractive is officially endorsed by the Plain English Campaign and displays that organisation's 'crystal mark' logo on its contents page. At the side of many articles is a glossary of jargon used in the text, to help less experienced readers understand some of the terminology.

References

External links

• Computeractive homepage