Tonight on The Tech Night Owl LIVE--Holiday Gifts, Leopard, iPhone, Writers Strike and Tech Buzzwords

Tonight, host Gene Steinberg explores sales prospects for such tech gear as iPods and high-definition TV sets this holiday season with Ross Rubin, an industry analyst with the NPD Group.

You'll also get up-to-the-minute comments about the state of Leopard and the iPhone with Macworld's Jim Dalrymple and Jason Snell. In addition, Jason, a TV expert, will talk about the consequences of a long writer's strike to the current TV season.

And HostICan's Denis Motova joins Gene to explain the meaning behind such high-tech buzzwords as "geo-targeting" and "load balancing" and what it may mean to you if you have a fast-growing online business.

You can tune into the audio Web broadcast tonight from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Pacific, 9:00 to 11:00 PM Eastern. [Bill Fox]