As a side note, a collection of academic papers relating Asperger syndrome to sci/tech:

http://www.mendeley.com/groups/519371/asperger-syndrome-and-... (and also a collection of various non-scientific links: http://delicious.com/stared/asperger)

But in short - since the article "The Geek Syndrome" on Wired (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aspergers_pr.html) it's hardly surprising that hi-tech can attract (mildly) autistic people. For a more scientific stance on that topic, see e.g.:

S. Baron-Cohen et al. "The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): Evidence from Asperger Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism, Malesand Females, Scientists and Mathematicians" (2001) http://web.sls.hw.ac.uk/teaching/level1/A31RH3/baron%20cohen...