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Tom's Hardware
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 TG Publishing LLC, a Bestofmedia Group company, one of the top three online publishers for technology in the world (Source: Nielsen NetRatings: March/April 2007). 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 & 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.
History of Tom's Hardware
* February 1996 - Launch of Tom's Hardware.
* September 1996 - Pair-Alliance; cooperation with the ISP Pair, USA.
* October 1996 - First advertising customers.
* November 1996 - First employee Fredi Gross, Webmaster.
* January 1997 - Reaches more than one million page impressions per month.
* March 1997 - Intel threatens Tom's Hardware. On March 12, 1997 Intel officially backs down in a NY Times article.
* June 1997 - American Megatrends book the site for $10,000 per month.
* September 1997 - IBM becomes advertising partner for the company.
* November 1997 - Own chat forum.
* February 1998 - Start of the company’s international sites.
* August 1998 – The company publishes a hardware book in cooperation with Macmillan (print run: 30,000).
* August 1998 - Reaches more than 10 million page impressions per month.
* 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, CA, U.S.
* August 1999 - Tom's Hardware releases major article about AMD's new Athlon processor.
* October 1999 - Set up of Toms Guides Publishing AG in Germany for the marketing and development of all non dotcom web-sites (www.tomshardware.xyz).
* October 1999 - Establishes a testing site in Munich.
* April 2000 - Start of Polish site.
* June 2000 - Reaches more than 20 million page impressions per month.
* August 2000 - Reaches more than 120,000 unique readers per day at tomshardware.com.
* September 2000 - After negative test results run by Tom’s Hardware, Intel withdraws its 1.13 GHz processor from the market.
* 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.
* October 2000 - Start of the Chinese sites in two dialects.
* March 2003 - Russian site goes live.
* June 2003 - Italian site goes live.
* October 2004 - Launch of the Swedish site.
* August 2006 – Almost Celebrates Tenth Anniversary.
* November 2006 – TG Publishing LLC Launches Merchant Hound for Online Price Comparisons.
* February 2007 – TG Publishing LLC Launches Gear Digest, the Online Resource for Consumer Electronics and Technology Products.
* April 2007 – TG Publishing LLC and Bestofmedia Group Merger moves the company to the top 3 ranked sites for online technology publications (Source: Nielsen NetRatings – March/April 2007)
* June 2007 – Partnership with John Wiley & Sons to deliver the Universal Command Guide for Operating Systems online.
* June 2007 - Antoine Boulin appointed CEO of TG Publishing LLC, a Bestofmedia Group company.
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It is published in the US, UK & Ireland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, China, Taiwan, Sweden and Turkey.
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