The good news is that 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).

The bad news is that there are no magazines in print which cover QBasic. So the

In the next section of this page On this page I provide a summary of the magazines that a QBasic 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

Industry/Technology Magazines
Knowing what is happening in the IT industry and understanding the trends are just two of the factors which will influence the code and applications which a programmer will write.

• Business Solutions
  
• CED
  
• CNET News - Technology
  
• Dr.J's Disaster Recovery
  
• eWeek
  
• IBM Systems Journal
  
• InfoWorld Magazine
  
• Integrated Solutions
  
• Network Computing
  
• Network World
  
• Red Herring
  
• SC Magazine
  
• SD Times
  
• Software Magazine
  
• strategy+business
  
• TheTechMag.com
  
• Washington Technology
  
• Windows IT Pro
  
• Wired
  

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