Editing C't (section)

==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.