Unsyncing iPhone 4 from iTunes on broken computer

My last MacBook broke and my iPhone 4 was synced to the iTunes on that computer. Now I want to sync my iPhone to my new computer but it won't let me since the iPhone is already synced to the broken computer. How do I fix this problem?

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386

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