Tom's Hardware

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Tom's Hardware
URL http://www.tomshardware.com
Type of site Online magazine
Owner Bestofmedia Group
Launched 1996
Current status online

Tom’s Hardware is an online publication focused on technology that was founded in 1996 by Dr. Thomas Pabst. Tom's Hardware is owned by Bestofmedia Group company, one of the top three online publishers for technology in the world.[1]

Tom's Hardware provides real-time articles, news, price comparisons, videos and reviews on computer hardware and high technology. The site features coverage on CPUs, motherboards, RAM, graphics and displays, storage, and computer peripherals. Tom's Hardware has a forum and featured blogs. A unique aspect of Tom's Hardware is the 'Build your Own' section where readers can learn how to build their own computers. Tom's Hardware readers are tech enthusiasts, high-tech buyers, consumers, information technology decision makers, purchasing influencers, and industry analysts. It is published in the US, UK & Ireland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, China, Taiwan, Sweden and Turkey.

[edit] History

  • October 2007 – TG Publishing LLC Changes Name to Bestofmedia LLC, part of Bestofmedia Group.[2]
  • September 2007 – Company rebrands TwitchGuru to Tom's Games and Gear Digest to Tom's Guide.[3]
  • June 2007 – Antoine Boulin appointed CEO of TG Publishing LLC, a Bestofmedia Group company.[4]
  • June 2007 – Partnership with John Wiley & Sons to deliver the Universal Command Guide for Operating Systems online.[5]
  • April 2007 – TG Publishing LLC and Bestofmedia Group Merger moves the company to the top 3 ranked sites for online technology publications [1]
  • February 2007 – TG Publishing LLC Launches Gear Digest, the Online Resource for Consumer Electronics and Technology Products. [6]
  • November 2006 – TG Publishing LLC Launches Merchant Hound for Online Price Comparisons.[7]
  • August 2006 – Tenth Anniversary. [8]
  • October 2004 – Launch of the Swedish site.[9]
  • June 2003 – Italian site goes live.[10]
  • March 2003 – Russian site goes live.[11]
  • October 2000 – Start of the Chinese sites in two dialects.[12][13]
  • September 2000 – Set up of "compubizz" – a B2B portal for computer hardware, in joint venture with Newtron AG, a provider of B2B software, and BMP, a German venture capitalist.
  • September 2000 – After negative test results run by Tom’s Hardware, Intel withdraws its 1.13 GHz processor from the market.[14][15][16][17][18]
  • August 2000 – Reaches more than 120,000 unique readers per day at tomshardware.com.
  • June 2000 – Reaches more than 20 million page impressions per month.
  • April 2000 – Start of Polish site.[19]
  • October 1999 – Establishes a testing site in Munich.[20]
  • October 1999 – Set up of Toms Guides Publishing AG in Germany .[21]
  • August 1999 – Tom's Hardware releases major article about AMD's new Athlon processor.[22]
  • March 1999 – Reaches more than 10 million page impressions per month and has more than 1 million unique readers.
  • March 1999 – Establishes testing lab in Pleasanton, California, U.S.
  • August 1998 – Reaches more than 10 million page impressions per month.
  • August 1998 – The company publishes a hardware book in cooperation with Macmillan (print run: 30,000).[23]
  • February 1998 – Start of the company’s international sites.
  • November 1997 – Own chat forum.[24]
  • September 1997 – IBM becomes advertising partner for the company.
  • June 1997 – American Megatrends book the site for $10,000 per month.
  • March 1997 – Intel threatens Tom's Hardware. On March 12, 1997 Intel officially backs down in a New York Times article.[25]
  • January 1997 – Reaches more than one million page impressions per month.
  • October 1996 – First advertising customers.
  • September 1996 – Pair-Alliance; cooperation with the ISP Pair, USA.
  • April 1996 – Website founded by the Thomas Pabst[26]

[edit] References and sources

  1. ^ a b Nielsen NetRatings - March/April 2007
  2. ^ Bestofmedia Group October 16, 2007 Press Release
  3. ^ Bestofmedia Group September 25, 2007 Press Release
  4. ^ Bestofmedia Group June 28, 2007 Press Release
  5. ^ Bestofmedia Group June 19, 2007 Press Release
  6. ^ TG Publishing May 21, 2007 release
  7. ^ TG Publishing November 16, 2006 release
  8. ^ Tom's Hardware article from June 5, 2006
  9. ^ Tom's Hardware - Swedish site
  10. ^ Tom's Hardware - Italian site
  11. ^ Tom's Hardware - Russian site
  12. ^ Tom's Hardware - China site
  13. ^ Tom's Hardware - Taiwan site
  14. ^ Tom's Hardware - August 28, 2000 article
  15. ^ Tom's Hardware - August 1, 2000 article
  16. ^ The Register - August 28, 2000 article
  17. ^ Tom's Hardware - July 31, 2000 article
  18. ^ Forbes - November 27, 2000 article
  19. ^ Tom's Hardware - Polish site
  20. ^ Tom's Hardware - German site
  21. ^ Aktien Check article from October 6, 1999
  22. ^ Tom's Hardware article from August 9, 1999
  23. ^ Amazon.com Tom's Hardware Guide by Thomas Pabst, Michael Desmond, Larry Barber
  24. ^ Tom's Hardware - Forum
  25. ^ New York Times article from 1997 on Intel and Dr. Thomas Pabst
  26. ^ Wired article from May 2001 on Dr. Thomas Pabst

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