Michael S. Malone

For other people named Michael Malone, see Michael Malone (disambiguation).

Michael Malone
Michael Malone at Los Altos History Museum.
Nationality	United States
Subject	Computer technology

Michael S. Malone is an American author, a former editor of Forbes and host of a talk show on PBS.

Biography

Malone grew up in Silicon Valley, California. He joined the San Jose Mercury News and became one of the nation’s first daily high-tech reporters.

Notable Work

He is the author of Infinite Loop: How Apple, the World's Most Insanely Great Computer Company, Went Insane (ISBN 0-385-48684-7). Other notable books by Malone are The Big Score, The Virtual Corporation and Intellectual Capital.

Malone has also written for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, is a former editor of Forbes ASAP, and has contributed to Upside and Fast Company magazines. He was also the host of Malone, an interview series on PBS. In 2000 he became the "Silicon Insider" columnist of ABC News' website.

In May 2007, he took a pro-copyright stance in the controversy over divulging encryption codes related to HD DVD and Blu-Ray media.

Incomplete Bibliography

• Betting It All: The Entrepreneurs of Technology, Wiley, 2001, ISBN 978-0471201908
• Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company, Portfolio Hardcover, April 52007, ISBN 978-1591841524
• The Microprocessor: A Biography, Springer, 1995, ISBN 978-0387943428
• The Valley of Heart's Delight: A Silicon Valley Notebook, 1963-2001, Wiley, 2002, ISBN 978-0471201915
• The Virtual Corporation: Structuring and Revitalizing the Corporation for the 21st Century, by William H. Davidow and Michael S. Malone, Harpercollins, 1992, ISBN 978-0887305931