MSNBC Tech Summit 2004- msnbc.com

It's so easy to make and track music on your computer -- some teen garage bands already do! Jeff Bond and his band 'Open Door Policy' show us how. WATCH THE VIDEO

Making music: Get started
Tips to get going the easy way

Making music: Software
More details on products used on the show

Making music: Hardware
More details on products used on the show

As seen on the show: Cool gadgets
Upcoming products that will make your life easier

Dictionary of terms
Defining some high-tech acronyms and jargon

Lester Holt talks tech
Q&A with Tech Summit's host

SLIDE SHOW

Photo transformations
View reader's submissions of digitally-manipulated photographs

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Retired race car champion

With Lisa Ling in the passenger seat, he takes us on a test drive of one of the world’s most innovative cars.
• Learn more about Andretti

Mark Cuban

AP file

Owner, Dallas Mavericks, HDNet

This dot-com billionaire turned sports entrepeneur shows us why high definition is the future of television.
• Learn more about Cuban

Thom Filicia

Getty Images file

Interior designer, one of the 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' Fab Five

He helps us stylishly integrate the new gadgets and technologies, like huge plasma TVs and recording devices, into our homes. • Learn more about Filicia

Joe Trippi

Getty Images

Former Dean campaign manager

He injected the Howard Dean campaign with Gen-Y technology. Joe Trippi talks to us about grassroots efforts on the Internet and the Web as a community.

PLUS ...

The editor of NBC’s hit sitcom "Scrubs" takes us inside his cutting-edge edit studio where he puts together the show using the same technology available to any consumer.

We get a great spot along the runway with high-fashion photographer Joseph Cartright who shows us what’s next in personal picture taking.

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MEET YOUR HOSTS

	Lester Holt MSNBC anchor, co-anchor "Weekend Today"
	Lisa Ling Host, National Geographic Ultimate Explorer

GADGET GUY

Jim Louderback

Jim works as an Editor-In-Chief for Ziff Davis Media’s internet properties, where he manages sites including ExtremeTech, PCMag.com, eWeek, and Microsoft Watch. He'll show us the latest in gadgets and tech toys.

Click here to learn more about the products Jim featured

OTHER GUEST EXPERTS

Ralph Bond
Consumer Education Manager of Intel
Ralph Bond helps consumers understand how they can use home computers and the Internet to learn, communicate and have fun. Ralph joined Intel in 1993 to support the company’s Intel Architecture labs digital video program. Prior to joining Intel, Ralph served several high-tech companies in California for 15 years.

Joseph L. Dvorak
Motorola i-Den Advanced Technology
Joseph Dvorak is currently the lead technologist for wearables for Motorola's iDEN Subscriber Group and is the principal Investigator for Conformables, highly wearable devices and systems. He is an Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University, teaching courses in wearable technology and systems.

Jennifer Tsao
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Jennifer Tsao is managing editor for the leading multi-platform videogame magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly. She appears regularly on CNN's Headline News and Paula Zahn Now, and she recently provided expert commentary for MTV's "Ultimate Video Game Countdown."