My friend just gave me his old ipod touch and I need help figuring out how the put it on my itunes account so that I can add songs and apps to it. Does anybody know how?

Just in case that wasn't specific enough....It's an older ipod touch.  He gave it to me as a Christmas gift and I want to keep the songs and Apps he already has on it but I want to be able to add more to it which means I would need it on my own itunes account because I can't add anything to it without a password.

I'd suggest restoring it to make sure you start completely clean:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
Then you can sync whatever content you wish:
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/
Regards.

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