ITunes and Computer not Recognizing iPhone

I've had iPhone for a few weeks and no major problems. However, today I attached it to my computer to move some new songs from iTunes to iPhone and iTunes did not recognize my iPhone and my computer gave me the "found new hardware" message. What's up with this?

Hello New York Hal
Check out the following article. Post back if you need more assistance from the community.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1495?viewlocale=en_US

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