Tweakers.net

Tweakers.net

Infobox Website
name = Tweakers.net



caption =
url = http://tweakers.net/
commercial = Yes
type =
language = Dutch
registration = optional
owner = VNU Media
author = Femme Taken
launch date = September 30, 1998
current status =
revenue =
slogan =

Tweakers.net (often abbreviated as "T.net") is a Dutch website featuring news and information about hardware, software and the internet. The website was founded in 1998 by Femme Taken, a computer enthusiast, under the name "World of Tweaking" as a small sideproject to offer a Dutch alternative to hardware review sites like Tom's Hardware Guide. The verb "tweaking" in the title refers to the process of tweaking the hardware of a computer, as a form of optimisation. Thus, the site's visitors are called tweakers, not to be confused with methamphetamine users. Nowadays its primary feature is the publication of summaries of news and other technology-related articles on other websites. This is why Tweakers.net is often regarded as the Dutch clone of Slashdot albeit with a stronger Windows orientation than Slashdot. However, Tweakers.net has grown substantially since its conception and has many more features for the computer enthusiast. These include hardware reviews, bi-monthly Best Buy guides, a classifieds section for jobs and used hardware, the Pricewatch and the Shop Survey. While the majority of the reviews are written in Dutch, there are several articles translated into English [ [http://tweakers.net/archieven/tag/english/reviews/ Reviews met tag 'english' | Tweakers.net ] ] because they cover a non-standard topic. Another important area of the site is the forum.

As of March 2006, Tweakers.net has been taken over by the Dutch media conglomerate VNU, now known as The Nielsen Company. [ [http://tweakers.net/plan/309 VNU Business Media Europe neemt Tweakers.net over] (Tweakers.net, 2006)] [ [http://www.vnubme.com/news/VNU_BME_Acquires_Tweakersxnet.html VNU Business Media Europe acquires leading Dutch online technology site, Tweakers.net] (VNU Business Media Europe, 2006) (waybackdate|site=http://www.vnubme.com/news/VNU_BME_Acquires_Tweakersxnet.html|date=20060320215428)] However, VNU Media has become owner of the website after The Nielsen Company had sold its Business Media division to private equity firm 3i. [ [http://www.3i.com/media/press-releases/3i-agrees-buyout-of-vnu-business-media-europe.html 3i agrees buyout of VNU Business Media Europe] (3i, 2006)]

Gathering of Tweakers

Tweakers.net's forum is known as the Gathering of Tweakers (often abbreviated as "GoT"). The forum is mainly focused on technical subjects and maintains a relatively high standard of posting, even though some computer scientists say the forum is very amateuristic judging by the many non-qualified people on it. It has a fairly strong moderation policy, especially when compared to other online discussion forums. Users of the forum are strongly urged to read the FAQ and to have invested a fair amount of his/her own time into finding an answer, either on GoT using the search tools, or anywhere else on the internet, before asking a question.

Gathering of Tweakers currently has more than 22 million posts and over 260,000 members. [ [http://tweakers.net/gallery Tweakers.net Tweaker Gallery ] ]

External links

* [http://tweakers.net/ Tweakers.net] Front page
* [http://tweakers.mobi/ Tweakers.mobi] Mobile front page
* [http://gathering.tweakers.net/ Gathering of Tweakers]

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