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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.

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.

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David Pogue: The music wars

Le "guerre musicali" di David Pogue

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L'editorialista del New York Times David Pogue ci omaggia di un mini-medley satirico su iTunes e la guerra ai download pirata, sulle note di Sonny and Cher e dei 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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LadiesLadies and gentlemengentiluomini,
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the historystoria of musicmusica and televisiontelevisione on the InternetInternet
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La storia della musica e della televisione su Internet
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in threetre minutesminuti.
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A TEDTED medleyMedley --
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a TEDleyTEDley.
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Un TEDley.
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♫ It's ninenove o'o ' clockorologio on a SaturdaySabato
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♫ Sono le nove di sera di Sabato ♫
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♫ The recorddisco store'sdell'archivio closedchiuso for the night ♫
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♫ Il negozio di dischi è chiuso ♫
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♫ So I firefuoco up the oldvecchio iTunesiTunes musicmusica storenegozio
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♫ Così lancio il buon vecchio ITunes Music Store ♫
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♫ And soonpresto I am feelin'Feelin ' all right ♫
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♫ e mi sento già bene. ♫
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♫ I know SteveSteve JobsOfferte di lavoro can find me a melodymelodia
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♫ So che Steve Jobs può trovarmi una canzone fighissima♫
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♫ With one dollardollaro pricingprezzi that rocksrocce
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♫ al prezzo di un dollaro ♫
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♫ I can typetipo in the tracktraccia and get albumalbum namesnomi back ♫
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♫ Scrivo il nome della canzone ed ottengo quello dell'album ♫
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♫ While still in my PJsPJs and sockscalzini
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♫ senza nemmeno togliermi calze e pigiama ♫
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SellVendere us a songcanzone, you're the musicmusica man ♫
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♫ Vendici una canzone, re della musica, ♫
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♫ My iPod'sdi iPod still got 10 gigsconcerti to go ♫
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♫ al mio iPod mancano ancora 10 giga ♫
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♫ Yes, we mightpotrebbe preferpreferire more compatibilitycompatibilità
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♫ Si, preferiremmo più compatibilità, ♫
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♫ But SteveSteve likespiace to runcorrere the wholetotale showmostrare
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♫ Ma a Steve piace far tutto da solo. ♫
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♫ I heardsentito "DesperateDisperato HousewivesCasalinghe" was great last night ♫
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♫ Mi han detto che l'episodio di ieri sera di Desperate Housewives era stupendo ♫
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♫ But I had a badcattivo piecepezzo of codCod
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♫ ma il merluzzo era avariato... ♫
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♫ As I threwgettò up my mealpasto, I thought, "It's no biggrande dealaffare" ♫
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♫ Mentre vomitavo la cena, pensai: "Poco male, ♫
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♫ I'll watch it tonightstasera on my 'Pod' Pod
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♫ Lo rivedrò stasera sull'iPod." ♫
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♫ And now all of the networksreti are joiningaccoppiamento in ♫
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♫ Ed ora stanno arrivando tutti i network televisivi ♫
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♫ Two bucksdollari a showmostrare withoutsenza adsAnnunci
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♫ Due dollari ad episodio, senza pubblicità ♫
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♫ It's a businessattività commerciale those guys always wanted to try ♫
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♫ Hanno sempre voluto entrare in questo business ♫
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♫ But only SteveSteve JobsOfferte di lavoro had the 'nads' nads
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♫ Ma solo Steve Jobs ha la stoffa ♫
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♫ They say we're younggiovane, don't watch TVTV
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♫ Dicono che siamo giovani, e non guardiamo la TV ♫
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♫ They say the InternetInternet is all we see ♫
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♫ Dicono che guardiamo solo Internet ♫
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♫ But that's not truevero; they'veessi hanno got it wrongsbagliato
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♫ Ma non é vero, si sbagliano ♫
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♫ See, all our showsSpettacoli are just two minutesminuti long ♫
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♫ Tutti i nostri show sono lunghi solo due minuti ♫
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♫ Hey ♫
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♫ Hey ♫
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♫ I got YouTubeYouTube
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♫ Io vado su YouTube ♫
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♫ I got YouTubeYouTube
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♫ Io vado su YouTube ♫
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And now, ladiesle signore and gentlemengentiluomini,
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E adesso, signore e signori ...
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a tributeomaggio to the RecordingRegistrazione IndustryIndustria AssociationAssociazione of AmericaAmerica --
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un omaggio alla Recording Industry Association of America,
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the RIAARIAA!
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la R.I.A.A.! [la SIAE Americana]
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YoungGiovani man, you were surfin'Surfin ' alonglungo
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♫ Giovanotto, navigavi su Internet ♫
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♫ And then, younggiovane man, you downloadedscaricato a songcanzone
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♫ E poi hai scaricato una canzone ♫
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♫ And then, dumbmuto man, copiedcopiati it to your 'Pod' Pod
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♫ E infine, brutto idiota, l'hai copiata sull'iPod ♫
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♫ Then a phoneTelefono call cameè venuto to tell you ... ♫
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♫ Così è arrivata una telefonata per dirti ... ♫
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♫ You've just been suedcitato in giudizio by the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ Sei stato denunciato dalla R-I-A-A ♫
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♫ You've just been screwedavvitato by the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ Sei stato f*uto dalla R-I-A-A ♫
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TheirLoro attorneysavvocati say you committedimpegnata a crimecrimine
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♫ Gli avvocati dicono: hai commesso un crimine, ♫
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♫ And there'dil rosso better not be a nextIl prossimo time ♫
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♫ E che non si ripeta più! ♫
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They'veHanno lostperduto theirloro mindsmenti at the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ Han perso la testa alla R-I-A-A ♫
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JusticeGiustizia is blindcieco at the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ La giustizia è cieca alla R-I-A-A ♫
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♫ You're deprivingprivare the bandsbande
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♫ Stai impoverendo le band, ♫
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♫ You are learningapprendimento to stealrubare
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♫ Stai imparando a rubare, ♫
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♫ You can't do whateverqualunque cosa you feel ♫
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♫ Non puoi fare quello che ti pare! ♫
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CDCD salesi saldi have droppedcaduto everyogni yearanno
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♫ Le vendite dei CD sono crollate di anno in anno ♫
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♫ They're not greedyavidi, they're just quakingtremare with fearpaura
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♫ Non è avidità, è che tremano dalla paura ♫
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♫ Yes indeedyindeedy, what if theirloro endfine is nearvicino
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♫ E alla fine,cosa succederebbe se la loro fine fosse vicina ♫
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♫ And we downloadScaricare all our musicmusica
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♫ e noi scaricassimo tutta la loro musica.. ♫
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♫ Yeah, that would pisspisciare off the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ Questo sì che farebbe inczz*e la R-I-A-A ♫
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♫ No plasticplastica discsdischi from the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A
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♫ Niente più dischi di plastica della R-I-A-A ♫
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♫ What a way to make friendsamici
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♫ Che gran modo di farsi amici! ♫
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♫ It's a planPiano that can't failfallire
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♫ Una strategia infallibile: ♫
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♫ All your customersclienti off to jailprigione
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♫ tutti i clienti in prigione! ♫
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Who'llChi sarà be nextIl prossimo for the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A? ♫
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♫ Chi sarà la prossima vittima della R-I-A-A? ♫
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♫ What elsealtro is vexingvessare the R-I-A-AR-I-A-A? ♫
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♫ Cos'altro vieterà la R-I-A-A? ♫
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♫ Maybe whistlingfischio a tuneTune
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♫ Fischiettare un ritornello? ♫
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♫ Maybe hummingronzio alonglungo
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♫ Canticchiarlo? ♫
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♫ Maybe mockingbeffardo 'em'em in a songcanzone
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♫ Oppure... prenderli in giro in una canzone? ♫
Translated by Michele Gianella
Reviewed by Giulia Cicoli

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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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