Fortunately, programmers who want the latest information have several avenues available to them - magazines, newsletters, conferences, blogs and webcasts - each with varying degrees of "freshness" of the information provided (perhaps 1-3 months with magazines and webcasts or only days with newsletters and blogs).

On this page I provide a summary of the magazines that a Perl programmer might find interesting, categorized as to the information covered. I also highlight "online magazines", where the content is updated/archived on a monthly basis.

Programming Computers Industry/Technology

IT Coverage Graphics Science/Technology Online Magazines

Science/Technology Magazines
Understanding the capabilities of software, and its limits, cannot be fully done without understanding the basic science and technology which makes the software possible.

• 21st Cent Science/Tech
  
• American Scientist
  
• Cosmos
  
• Discover Magazine
  
• Military/Aerospace Electr
  
• Popular Science
  
• Science Magazine
  
• Science News
  
• Scientific American
  
• Technology Review
  

If you have any suggestions on newsletters to add to this list, please let me know.