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{{short description|German computer magazine}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| title       = c’t – Magazin für Computertechnik
| italic title= no
| logo        = Ct logo.svg
| image_file  = C't 15 November 2024 cover.webp
| image_caption = Cover of 15 November 2024 issue
| editor      = 
| frequency   = Biweekly
| circulation = 321,000 / issue
| category    = [[Computer magazines]]
| company     = [[Heinz Heise]]
| firstdate   = November/December 1983
| country     = Germany
| language    = {{ubl | [[German language|German]] | [[Dutch language|Dutch]]}}
| website     = {{URL|http://www.heise.de/ct/}}
| issn        = 0724-8679
}}
'''''c't''''' – {{lang|de|Magazin für Computertechnik}} ({{IPA|de|tseːˈteː}}; ''Magazine for Computer Technology'') is a biweekly German computer [[magazine]], published by the [[Heinz Heise|Heinz Heise publishing house]] of [[Hanover]]. 
[[file:Ct jubilaeum 30 turm.jpg|thumb|The 5.71 meter high tower from the 587 published c't editions up to the 30th anniversary has been in the foyer of the publishing house since October 2013.]]

==History and profile==
The first issue of the magazine was the November/December 1983 edition.<ref>{{cite news|first=Elliot|last=Williams|title=First Edition of German Computer Mag is a Blast from the Past|url=http://hackaday.com/2015/12/19/first-edition-of-german-computer-mag-is-a-blast-from-the-past/|access-date=9 January 2017|work=Hackaday|date=19 December 2015}}</ref> Originally a special section of the electronics magazine ''[[elrad (magazine)|elrad]]'', the magazine has been published monthly since December 1983 and biweekly since October 1997. A Dutch edition also exists which is published monthly. In addition, since 2008 a Russian licensed-title version named ''{{lang|ru|c’t – Журнал о компьютерной технике}}''<!-- Should be italicised, as a title of a major work, per [[MOS:BADITALICS]] --> is published in Moscow.<ref name="Chronic">''[http://www.heise-medien.de/artikel/c-t-magazin-fuer-computer-technik-1366521.html?artikelseite=4 25 Years c’t A Chronicle ]'', As of: 7 December 2008 {{in lang|de}}</ref>

The magazine is the second most popular German-language computer magazine with a circulation of about 315,000 ({{As of|2011|03|lc=on}}; printed circulation: 419,000). With 241,000 subscriptions it is the computer magazine with the most subscribers in Europe.

''c't'' covers both hardware and software; it focuses on software for the [[Microsoft Windows]] platform, but [[Linux]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] are also regularly featured. The magazine has a reputation of being thorough, although critics{{Who|date=April 2010}} claim that the magazine has been "dumbed down" in recent years to accommodate the mass market.

One of the numerous projects<ref>[http://www.heise.de/ct/projekte/ Homepage of the c't projects] {{in lang|de}}</ref> ''c't'' initiated is the WSUS Offline Update,<ref>[http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Do-it-yourself-Service-Pack--/features/80682 English Article about the c't Offline Update on H-Online by Heise Media UK – a sister company of Heise Deutschland. Written by c't editors] – [http://www.heise.de/ct/projekte/offlineupdate/ German project homepage]</ref> a set of scripts to download [[Microsoft updates]], combine it with an install script, and create a [[ISO image|CD image]]. With Offline Update burned to a [[CD]] or [[DVD]], a technician can update [[Windows 2000]]/[[Windows XP|XP]]/[[Windows Vista|Vista]] and [[Microsoft Office]] 2003/2007 without an [[Internet]] connection. This is especially useful for people with no or slow Internet connections, or not exposing a vulnerable system to the Internet.

A sister magazine, ''[[IX (magazine)|iX]]'', focuses on topics for IT professionals.

== Popularity ==
''c't'' became widely known in 1995 when it rated the program [[SoftRAM95]]<ref>Ingo T. Storm: ''[http://www.heise.de/ct/95/11/050/ Verdichtung und Wahrheit.]'' in: ''c't.'' Hannover 1995,11, S.50. {{ISSN|0724-8679}}</ref> "[[Placebo]]-Software" in a limited test. When the German distributor of the program took legal action to prohibit this rating, ''c't'' followed up with a more extensive test showing the product had virtually no effect other than giving misleading data about system statistics. Subsequent media coverage led to SoftRAM95 being removed from the German and US markets. In a 1996 interview, Rainer Poertner, the German-born CEO of Syncronys Softcorp which released SoftRAM95, took responsibility for forcing the product's release before its development was complete.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last= Wichmann|first=Johannes|date= November 1996|title=Der Junge aus Bayern, der ins Silicon Valley ging|url= |magazine= Mc|location= Munich |publisher= Franzis Verlag | access-date= }}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.heise.de/ct/}}
* [http://www.ct.nl/ ''c't'' Netherlands homepage]
* [http://www.heise.de/ Heise Verlag homepage and news site]
* {{lang|de|[http://www.heise.de/mediadaten/pdfs/2003/ct_Mediadaten_2003.pdf Mediadaten c't]}}
* [http://www.wsusoffline.net/ Offline Update (now "WSUS Offline Update") download page]

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