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David Pogue - Technology columnist
David Pogue is the personal technology columnist for the New York Times and a tech correspondent for CBS News. He's also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, with titles in the For Dummies series and his own line of "Missing Manual" books.

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Which cell phone to choose? What software to buy? Are camera-binoculars a necessity or novelty? As release cycles shorten and ever-shrinking gadgets hit the market with dizzying speed, it's harder and harder to know what's worth the investment. A tireless explorer of everyday technology, David Pogue investigates all the options so we don't have to.

After happily weathering installation nightmares, customer service hiccups, and an overwhelming crush of backups, upgrades and downloads, Pogue reports back with his recommendations via his many columns, TV appearances and how-to books. And he does it all with relatable insight, humor and an unsinkable sense of pun, er, fun. All that, and he sings, too.

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David Pogue: The music wars

David Pogue à propos des guerres pour la musique

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Chroniqueur high-tech pour le New York Times, David Pogue interprète un petit pot-pourri satirique à propos d' iTunes et des guerres pour le téléchargement, empruntant au passage quelques notes à Sonny and Cher ainsi qu'aux Village People.
- Technology columnist
David Pogue is the personal technology columnist for the New York Times and a tech correspondent for CBS News. He's also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, with titles in the For Dummies series and his own line of "Missing Manual" books. Full bio

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♫ Il est neuf heures du soir un samedi ♫
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♫ The recordrecord store'sdu magasin closedfermé for the night ♫
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♫ Le disquaire a fermé pour la nuit ♫
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♫ So I fireFeu up the oldvieux iTunesiTunes musicla musique storele magasin
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♫ Alors je lance l' iTunes Music Store ♫
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♫ And soonbientôt I am feelin'Feelin ' all right ♫
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♫ Et rapidement je me sens bien ♫
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♫ I know SteveSteve JobsEmplois can find me a melodymélodie
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♫ Je sais que Steve Jobs peut me trouver une mélodie ♫
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♫ With one dollardollar pricingprix that rocksroches
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♫ Pour un dollar, c'est un sacré prix ♫
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♫ I can typetype in the trackPiste and get albumalbum namesdes noms back ♫
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♫ Je peux entrer le titre et avoir des noms d'albums en retour ♫
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♫ While still in my PJsPyjama and sockschaussettes
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♫ En restant en pyjama et en chaussettes ♫
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SellVends us a songchant, you're the musicla musique man ♫
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♫ Vends-nous une chanson, tu incarnes la musique ♫
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♫ My iPod'sde l’iPod still got 10 gigstravail occasionnel to go ♫
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♫ Mon iPod a encore 10 gigas de place ♫
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♫ Yes, we mightpourrait preferpréférer more compatibilitycompatibilité
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♫ Oui, nous préfèrerions plus de compatibilité ♫
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♫ But SteveSteve likesaime to runcourir the wholeentier showmontrer
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♫ Mais Steve aime faire marcher son affaire ♫
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♫ I heardentendu "DesperateDesperate HousewivesFemmes au foyer" was great last night ♫
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♫ J'ai entendu que Desperate Housewives était génial hier soir ♫
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♫ But I had a badmal piecepièce of codmorue
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♫ Mais j'avais mangé un morceau de poisson pas frais ♫
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♫ As I threwjeta up my mealrepas, I thought, "It's no biggros dealtraiter" ♫
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♫ Alors que je rendais mon repas, je me disais "Pas grave" ♫
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♫ I'll watch it tonightce soir on my 'Pod"Pod
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♫ Je regarderai ça ce soir sur mon iPod ♫
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♫ And now all of the networksréseaux are joiningjoindre in ♫
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♫ Et maintenant tous les réseaux se mettent de la partie ♫
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♫ Two bucksdollars a showmontrer withoutsans pour autant adsles publicités
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♫ Deux dollars l'émission sans pub ♫
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♫ It's a businessEntreprise those guys always wanted to try ♫
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♫ C'est un modèle que ces types ont toujours voulu essayer ♫
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♫ But only SteveSteve JobsEmplois had the 'nads« DNA
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♫ Mais seul Steve Jobs a eu du cran ♫
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♫ They say we're youngJeune, don't watch TVTV
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♫ Ils disent qu'on est jeune, qu'on ne regarde pas la télé ♫
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♫ They say the InternetInternet is all we see ♫
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♫ Internet est tout ce que l'on voit ♫
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♫ But that's not truevrai; they'veils ont got it wrongfaux
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♫ Mais ce n'est pas vrai; ils n'ont pas compris ♫
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♫ See, all our showsmontre are just two minutesminutes long ♫
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♫ Voyez, tous nos programmes durent juste deux minutes ♫
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♫ Hey ♫
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♫ Hé ♫
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♫ I got YouTubeYouTube
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♫ J'ai YouTube ♫
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♫ I got YouTubeYouTube
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♫ J'ai YouTube ♫
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And now, ladiesDames and gentlemenmessieurs,
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Et maintenant, mesdames et messieurs...
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a tributehommage to the RecordingD’enregistrement IndustryIndustrie AssociationAssociation of AmericaL’Amérique --
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un hommage à l' Association Américaine de l'Industrie du Disque,
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the RIAARIAA!
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la RIAA!
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YoungYoung man, you were surfin'Surfin ' alongle long de
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♫ Jeune homme, tu surfais tranquillement ♫
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♫ And then, youngJeune man, you downloadedtéléchargé a songchant
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♫ Et puis, jeune homme, tu téléchargeas un titre ♫
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♫ And then, dumbstupide man, copiedcopié it to your 'Pod"Pod
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♫ Et puis, crétin, tu le copias sur ton iPod ♫
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♫ Then a phonetéléphone call camevenu to tell you ... ♫
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♫ Alors tu reçus un appel te disant... ♫
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♫ You've just been suedpoursuivi en justice by the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ Tu viens d'être assigné par la R-I-A-A ♫
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♫ You've just been screwedvissé by the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ Tu viens de te faire baiser par la R-I-A-A ♫
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TheirLeur attorneysProcureurs de la say you committedengagé a crimela criminalité
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♫ Leurs avocats disent que tu as commis un crime ♫
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♫ And there'dle rouge better not be a nextprochain time ♫
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♫ Et il ne vaudrait mieux pas que ça se reproduise ♫
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They'veIls ont lostperdu theirleur mindsesprits at the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ Ils ont perdu l'esprit chez la R-I-A-A ♫
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JusticeJustice is blindaveugle at the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ La justice est aveugle chez la R-I-A-A ♫
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♫ You're deprivingpriver the bandsbandes
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♫ Tu dépossèdes les groupes ♫
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♫ You are learningapprentissage to stealvoler
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♫ Tu apprends à voler ♫
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♫ You can't do whateverpeu importe you feel ♫
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♫ Tu ne peux pas faire ce qu'il te plait ♫
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CDCD salesVentes have droppedchuté everychaque yearan
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♫ Les ventes de CDs s'effondrent chaque année ♫
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♫ They're not greedygourmand, they're just quakingquaking with fearpeur
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♫ Ils ne sont pas cupides, ils tremblent juste de peur ♫
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♫ Yes indeedyindeedy, what if theirleur endfin is nearprès
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♫ En effet, si leur fin était proche ♫
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♫ And we downloadTélécharger all our musicla musique
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♫ Et que nous téléchargions toutes leurs musiques ♫
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♫ Yeah, that would pisspisse off the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ Ouais, ça ferait chier la R-I-A-A ♫
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♫ No plasticPlastique discsdisques from the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ Plus de disques fait par la R-I-A-A ♫
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♫ What a way to make friendscopains
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♫ Quelle manière de se faire des amis ! ♫
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♫ It's a planplan that can't failéchouer
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♫ Un plan réussi à coup sûr ♫
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♫ All your customersles clients off to jailprison
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♫ Tous vos clients entre quatre murs ♫
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Who'llQui vais be nextprochain for the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A? ♫
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♫ Qui suit sur la liste de la R-I-A-A? ♫
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♫ What elseautre is vexingpénible the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A? ♫
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♫ Quoi d'autre peut vexer la R-I-A-A? ♫
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♫ Maybe whistlingsifflement a tunemélodie
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♫ Peut-être siffler un air? ♫
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♫ Maybe hummingfredonnant alongle long de
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♫ Fredonner une mélodie? ♫
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♫ Maybe mockingse moquant 'em'em in a songchant
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♫ Les railler dans une chanson? ♫
Translated by Romain RIVIERE
Reviewed by Vincent Courson

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Pogue - Technology columnist
David Pogue is the personal technology columnist for the New York Times and a tech correspondent for CBS News. He's also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors, with titles in the For Dummies series and his own line of "Missing Manual" books.

Why you should listen

Which cell phone to choose? What software to buy? Are camera-binoculars a necessity or novelty? As release cycles shorten and ever-shrinking gadgets hit the market with dizzying speed, it's harder and harder to know what's worth the investment. A tireless explorer of everyday technology, David Pogue investigates all the options so we don't have to.

After happily weathering installation nightmares, customer service hiccups, and an overwhelming crush of backups, upgrades and downloads, Pogue reports back with his recommendations via his many columns, TV appearances and how-to books. And he does it all with relatable insight, humor and an unsinkable sense of pun, er, fun. All that, and he sings, too.

More profile about the speaker
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