IMHO, I would recommend these "popular" books:
- Any book by James GleickJames Gleick - ChaosChaos, The InformationThe Information
- Fire in the ValleyFire in the Valley, for an account of early PC history
- Books by Steven LevySteven Levy: Insanely Great, In the PlexIn the Plex, HackersHackers, etc.
And the grand master, though somewhat dated:
The Soul of a New MachineThe Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder