Corrupt iPod touch music library

I've got the following problem: i've added songs to my iTunes library, then i have synced it to my iPod touch.
Some songs just disappeared on the iPod, other have lost their album artwork. I removed these songs and synced again.
After some reboots of the iPod the problem seemed to be gone, but i connected the iPod to iTunes and a message appeared:
"iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPod "xxx". Go to the Summary tab in iPod preferences and click Restore to restore this iPod to factory settings"
I don't understand why it happenned - the faulty songs were bought on the iTunes Music Store.
After this message some other messages appeared - the screenshots are below.
Do I need to restore? I really think it is weird because of the message saying that "the software required for communication with this iPod is not installed".
It is a Mac: isn't it integrated in the system core?
Thank you
penguin01210
My specs are: iPod touch 4G, iOS 5.1.1, Mac OSX 10.7.4, iTunes 10.6.1 (64-bit)
Message was edited by: penguin01210

Yes, you may have to restore. something happened. Sometimes things just happen for no reason and the problem never comes back. Sometime it is due to a hardware probem.
I would first disconnect and reconect the iPod. Also close and repen iTunes
Also reboot the computer
Also reset the iPod. Nothing is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
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