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To: tech101 who wrote (60)	12/7/2006 2:51:12 PM
From: tech101	of 211

Quinn: Kim death highlights limits of technology By Michelle Quinn Mercury News The best of technology couldn't find James Kim in time. It hurts. Our personal technology makes us feel all knowing, invincible, able to navigate the world beyond the limits of our immediate knowledge and surroundings. We can sit in San Jose and find the coolest spot to spend the night on the Oregon coast or the best sushi place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. But in the end, despite our iPods and Blackberries, we are really just ticking clocks that wind down without food, water, shelter. Kim, a CNET technology editor, was found dead Wednesday afternoon in rough Oregon terrain after he left his wife and two children in their car to look for help. The couple had been stranded for a week, keeping themselves warm and alive with incredible resourcefulness. On Monday, technology gave a crucial assist. Searchers were able to narrow where the family's car was thanks to the Kims' cell phones, which were on and sent a signal to a nearby tower. Searchers saved Kim's wife and two children. Amid all the technology they traveled with -- three mobile phones and two laptops, the Kims apparently didn't have global positioning systems, which would have helped. ...... mercurynews.com

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