What are any good future technology books or how may I learn more about it?

I am really interested in technological advancements and would really like a book to read that mentions about future technologies or current technologies.
Therefore I ask if you have read any good books about technology.
I’ve heard a bit about Nicholas Negroprontes book about future technologies but it was written near 15 years ago so it mightn’t be so relevant.
If not a particular book, how did you get into technology?
Thanks in Advance!

Rule number one:

Predations about future technology tend to be wrong. http://www.pixelmatic.com.au/2000/

http://northwesthistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/brief-history-of-predicting-future.html

http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/29/trout-marketing-predictions-oped-cx_jt_0303trout.html

Magazines like Popular Science are a good place to start.

There are a number a "Futurologists" who think about such things. Perhaps you could start with:

Peter Cochrane
Uncommon Sense: Out of the Box Thinking for An In the Box World

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/184112477X/qid=1082668638/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-9743974-8882426?v=glance&s=books

http://www.cochrane.org.uk/opinion/articles/silicon/index.php

Alvin Toffler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Toffler

Raymond Kurzweil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil