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Om Malik

Om Malik. (Photo courtesy Om Malik's personal website)

Om Malik, technology analyst and journalist, dies at 60

Om Malik, one of the Internet's earliest technology journalists and analysts who dedicated much of his adult life to the craft, died this week after a prolonged heart condition.

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