Tom's Hardware

Infobox Website
name = Tom's Hardware
type = High-Tech Online Magazine
url = http://www.tomshardware.com
owner = Bestofmedia Group
launch date = 1996
current status = online

Tom’s Hardware is an online publication focused on technology that was founded in 1996 by [http://www.tomshardware.com/site/personal.html Dr. Thomas Pabst] . Tom's Hardware is owned by Bestofmedia Group company, one of the top three online publishers for technology in the world.Nielsen NetRatings - March/April 2007 ]

Tom's Hardware provides real-time articles clarifyme, 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, Russia, Hungary, Italy, Poland,China, Taiwan, Turkey and Sweden

History

* July 2008 – Bestofmedia Group attracts $35 million from Index Ventures [ [http://www.bestofmedia.com/us/news_20080716.html"Bestofmedia Group" July 16, 2008 Press Release] ]
* April 2008 – Bestofmedia Group launch Uberscore.com [ [http://www.uberscore.com/games/ "Uberscore"] ]
* March 2008 – Bestofmedia Group achieves 150% Growth in Website traffic. [ [http://www.bestofmedia.com/us/news_20080312.html "Bestofmedia Group" March 12, 2008 Press Release] ]
* October 2007 – TG Publishing LLC Changes Name to Bestofmedia LLC, part of Bestofmedia Group. [ [http://www.bestofmedia.com/us/news_20071016.html "Bestofmedia Group" October 16, 2007 Press Release] ]
* September 2007 – Company rebrands TwitchGuru to Tom's Games and Gear Digest to Tom's Guide. [ [http://www.bestofmedia.com/us/news_20070925.html "Bestofmedia Group" September 25, 2007 Press Release] ]
* June 2007 – Antoine Boulin appointed CEO of TG Publishing LLC, a Bestofmedia Group company. [ [http://www.bestofmedia.com/us/news_20070628.html "Bestofmedia Group" June 28, 2007 Press Release] ]
* June 2007 – Partnership with John Wiley & Sons to deliver the Universal Command Guide for Operating Systems online. [ [http://www.bestofmedia.com/us/news_20070619.html "Bestofmedia Group" June 19, 2007 Press Release] ]
* April 2007 – TG Publishing LLC and Bestofmedia Group Merger moves the company to the top 3 ranked sites for online technology publications * February 2007 – TG Publishing LLC Launches Gear Digest, the Online Resource for Consumer Electronics and Technology Products. [ [http://www.bestofmedia.com/us/news_20070521.html "TG Publishing" May 21, 2007 release] ]
* September 2006 – Intel 's CEO, Paul Otellini, refers to Tom's Hardware as his favorite tech website and quotes the site at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF). [ [http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/idf-fall-2006,1329.html "Tom's Hardware" September 27, 2006 article] ]
* November 2006 – TG Publishing LLC Launches Merchant Hound for Online Price Comparisons. [ [http://www.bestofmedia.com/us/news_20061116.html "TG Publishing" November 16, 2006 release] ]
* August 2006 – Tenth Anniversary. [ [http://tau12.pair.com/2006/06/05/computex_2006/ "Tom's Hardware" article from June 5, 2006] ]
* October 2004 – Launch of the Swedish site. [ [http://www.tomshardware.se/site/media/about_us.html "Tom's Hardware - Swedish site"] ]
* June 2003 – Italian site goes live. [ [http://www.tomshw.it/contact.php "Tom's Hardware - Italian site"] ]
* March 2003 – Russian site goes live. [ [http://www.thg.ru/site/media/about_us.html "Tom's Hardware - Russian site"] ]
* October 2000 – Start of the Chinese sites in two dialects. [ [http://www.tomshardware.com/cn/ "Tom's Hardware - China site"] ] [ [http://www.tomshardware.com/tw/ "Tom's Hardware - Taiwan site"] ]
* 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 – Tom’s Hardware publishes product reviews of Intel's 1.13 GHz processor. Intel withdraws the 1.13 GHz processor from the market. [ [http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-admits-problems-pentium-iii-1,235.html "Tom's Hardware - August 28, 2000 article"] ] [ [http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/revisiting-intel,221.html "Tom's Hardware - August 1, 2000 article"] ] [ [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/08/28/intel_recalls_1_13ghz_pentium/ "The Register - August 28, 2000 article"] ] [ [http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel,219.html "Tom's Hardware - July 31, 2000 article"] ] [ [http://www.forbes.com/asap/2000/1127/033.html "Forbes - November 27, 2000 article"] ]
* 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. [ [http://www.tomshardware.pl/ "Tom's Hardware - Polish site"] ]
* October 1999 – Establishes a testing site in Munich. [ [http://www.tomshardware.com/de/ "Tom's Hardware - German site"] ]
* October 1999 – Set up of Toms Guides Publishing AG in Germany . [ [http://www.aktiencheck.de/artikel/news-Neuer%20Markt-19096.html "Aktien Check" article from October 6, 1999] ]
* August 1999 – Tom's Hardware releases major article about AMD's new Athlon processor. [ [http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/athlon-processor,121.html "Tom's Hardware" article from August 9, 1999] ]
* 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). [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0789716860 "Amazon.com" Tom's Hardware Guide by Thomas Pabst, Michael Desmond, Larry Barber] ]
* February 1998 – Start of the company’s international sites.
* November 1997 – Own chat forum. [ [http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/"Tom's Hardware - Forum] ]
* September 1997 – IBM becomes advertising partner for the company.
* June 1997 – American Megatrends book the site for $10,000 per month.
* March 1997 – The New York Times reports that Intel withdraws its unsuccessful attempt to influence Tom's Hardware and other media publications. Several Intel executives violated their own company's policy by threatening to withdraw advertising due to unflattering and unauthorized media product reviews. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E0DE1339F931A25750C0A961958260 "New York Times" article from 1997 on Intel and Dr. Thomas Pabst] ]
* 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 Dr. Thomas Pabst [ [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.05/mustread.html?pg=7 "Wired" article from May 2001 on Dr. Thomas Pabst] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.tomshardware.com/ Tom's Hardware Homepage]
* [http://www.bestofmedia.com/us/ Bestofmedia Group]