Ars is good for high level stuff and to get a recap of the major keynote speeches.
Technology Review is nice, but having a hard cap on the number of articles I can read per month for free is just a huge no-go though. I get the Wired approach of blocking blockers (even if that is triggered by every company firewall I have ever been behind...) as that still provides content for free. Whereas these approaches strongly encourage catering to a specific demographic which tends to drastically limit the kind of critiques and coverage.
Though I don't read it regularly, I often find myself following links to what turn out to be good articles at Smashing Magazine. It's not exactly what I'd call a tech magazine - the focus is web development and design.
For something more broadly IT related, there is The Register. You'll have to forgive their intentionally over the top, tongue-in-cheek, british tabloid writing style (I've noticed a bit of this has rubbed off on Ars lately). If you can look past that you'll find that they do a really good job of staying up to date with industry news.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 17.0 ms ] threadTechnology Review is nice, but having a hard cap on the number of articles I can read per month for free is just a huge no-go though. I get the Wired approach of blocking blockers (even if that is triggered by every company firewall I have ever been behind...) as that still provides content for free. Whereas these approaches strongly encourage catering to a specific demographic which tends to drastically limit the kind of critiques and coverage.
For something more broadly IT related, there is The Register. You'll have to forgive their intentionally over the top, tongue-in-cheek, british tabloid writing style (I've noticed a bit of this has rubbed off on Ars lately). If you can look past that you'll find that they do a really good job of staying up to date with industry news.