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CNET’s James Kim: 1971-2006

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Dec 7, 20061 min

Greg Sandoval for CNET News.com has written an obituary for CNET gadget editor James Kim, who was found dead in the Oregon mountains Wednesday, noting he was a respected expert on cutting-edge digital devices, an owner of a trendy clothing store and a lover of the futuristic-sounding music known as electronica. Yet, according to friends, most of Kim’s life revolved around old-fashioned values: sacrifice, friendship and family.

Those who knew him say they aren’t surprised that Kim, in the last act of his life, demonstrated the ultimate expression of devotion to his wife and daughters.

Read in full at CNET.

There’s also a video tribute, and a place to leave your thoughts.

Wired News also remembers James Kim.

mike_barton

Mike Barton started out in online slinging HTML for CNET.com in the late 1990s and began his editorial career at New Media magazine shortly thereafter. In his early days, he was an editor at Ziff-Davis's PC Computing and ZDNet.com before heading Down Under, where he produced and edited the business and technology sections of The Sydney Morning Herald online. After returning to the States in 2006, he has worked for IDG's Infoworld, PCWorld, Computerworld, and CSO Online. He currently edits and produces WIRED.com's Innovation Insights, and is a contributing editor at ITworld.

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