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Jason Mick (Blog) - June 22, 2009 1:05 PM
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Enthusiast hardware site ExtremeTech is closing.  (Source: ExtremeTech)
After a decade in business, the site will be shuttered

When a tech news site passes, it's always a sad occurrence as many readers who became endeared to the site's charms are left in the dark.  Thus is the case with ExtremeTech, the latest tech news casualty.

ExtremeTech is owned by Ziff Davis, publisher of PC Magazine.  The publisher has had money problems and decided to close the site as a way of cutting cost and consolidating its offerings to focus on a smaller group of sites, including PCMag Network.  Ziff Davis also recently cut the print version of PC Magazine.

The site had been around since 1999, originally founded by Nick Stam and Bill Machrone.  The site officially launched in 2000.  The site was not a direct competitor to DailyTech focusing, primarily on gaming rigs and enthusiast offerings.  It traded blows with such sites as Anandtech and Tom's Hardware.  The publication's current staff included writers Jason Cross and Joel Durham, producers Jeremy Atkinson and Mike Nguyen, a forum moderator, Jim Lynch, and the senior editor Loyd Case.

Nick Stam, which went on to become Marketing Director at Nvidia, saluted the former staff writing, "I want to applaud Loyd, Jason Cross, Joel Durham, Mark Hachman, Jim Lynch, and many others at ZD for giving the ET reader community so much great tech coverage over the many years, and I wish them the best success in the future."

Producer Micahel Muchmore, another former staffer fondly recalls, "I remember how excited we were whenever one of our stories would get on Slashdot or Digg's home page, which could give us a mental boost for the whole day. I actually remember being on vacation, when Jeremy got one of my stories on Slashdot. Double the fun."

ExtremeTech will go on as an archive-only site.  No word has come yet on whether the key staff will be launching a new publication or going their separate ways.

Loyd Case concludes:
As for me, I'm looking forward to whatever comes next. I have been, and always will be, fascinated by how technology evolves and shape the human condition. Gaming, social media, digital content, and increasingly pervasive mobile communication are all shaping the world to come.

Keep in touch. You can reach me at loydcase@gmail.com, twitter me at http://www.twitter.com/loydcase" rel="nofollow, and find me on Facebook.

While ExtremeTech might be a foreign name to some, it will be missed by many.

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too bad :(
By spwrozek on 6/22/2009 1:20:30 PM , Rating: 5
Extreme Tech was a great site. Good reviews, helpful insight, and great conversation about the computer industry. I will really miss it.




RE: too bad :(
By therealnickdanger on 6/22/2009 1:22:25 PM , Rating: 3
Yeah, this is a bummer. I've always enjoyed reading their stuff. Hopefully someone will pick up with the case mod competitions. There are some super creative types out there!


RE: too bad :(
By Cypherdude1 on 6/22/2009 9:06:33 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah, it's too bad ExtremeTech is shutting down. I used them for reviews when I bought hardware. It's becoming difficult to find good sites comparing hardware. I can understand why they're closing the print edition of PC Magazine. While I did have a subscription long ago, it's been replaced with the 'Net.


RE: too bad :(
By Screwballl on 6/23/2009 10:05:40 AM , Rating: 2
It has gotten to the point where I don't bother with reviews anymore. There are no "review" type of sites I trust anymore so I do my own research without the opinionated reviews of some biased site.


RE: too bad :(
By Trikat on 6/23/2009 5:57:57 PM , Rating: 2
When I research a product to invest in I look at a whole slew of reviews especially those from users.
So it boils down to finding products that fit my criteria and then read a bunch of reviews on those products.


RE: too bad :(
By fteoath64 on 6/24/2009 9:10:12 AM , Rating: 2
Its a sad sad day. Been following their podcast and site often as I can. Loyd is a great guy, even answered one of my emails before. His crew was great as well. Let's hope they can find something else interesting and similar to ExtremeTech.


By Icehearted on 6/25/2009 12:39:08 PM , Rating: 2
I'm a registered member, have been for years, and to be honest the only thing I ever took away from that site was the fact that according to them a 50" lcdtv is "uber cheap" as $5000. They were not joking. I don't understand how a new video card is a "steal" at $400.

No, pricepoints are not why I went there, but that's the only thing about them that stands out... well, that and the heavy mouth breathing one of them kept doing in their podcasts. *shudders*




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