3rd Gen Ipod touch stuck in recovery mode....please help!

I just wanted to add some music for a birthday party and this has become a total failure. worked fine yesterday...so i plud it into my laptop and it asks to update itunes, for the sake of being in a hurry i skipped that, and came back and all of a sudden the wierd recovery mode picture was up and the "needs to be restored" message came up. Well, that *****, so im thinking ok...restore it and just start over....no dice. Tried several times at home to restore, and everytime it failed to restore. Updated iTunes, etc....still nothing. Now im at work and i downloaded a fresh new copy of itunes and dont even have an option to restore it. Says i have no network connectivity, so i have 0 options to touch the ipod settings.
I've tried holding the buttons down until the Apple icon comes back up and it just cycles right back into recovery mode.
HALP!
heres the info i grabbed form Diagnostics...
Microsoft Windows 7 Business Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation 390
iTunes 10.4.1.10
QuickTime 7.7
FairPlay 1.12.20
Apple Application Support 1.5.2
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 3.4.1.2
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.57.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.2 (333.2)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.1.485
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.1.102
Gracenote Submit 1.9.1.133
Gracenote DSP 1.9.1.43
iTunes Serial Number 002CAFF802B55228
Current user is an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2011-09-23 08:39:30.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
NVIDIA, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
**** External Plug-ins Information ****
No external plug-ins installed.
**** Device Connectivity Tests ****
iPodService 10.4.1.10 is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.4.1.10 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
Universal Serial Bus Controllers:
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB. Device is working properly.
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC. Device is working properly.
FireWire (IEEE 1394) Host Controllers:
LSI 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller. Device is working properly.
Connected Device Information:
iPod touch, iPod touch (3rd generation) running firmware version 4.3.5
Serial Number: 1A026XBA6K2
**** Device Sync Tests ****
Sync tests completed successfully.

I was looking for a way to get around that, as it sounds plausible. But i have had iTunes on a previous machine here at the office and it worked fine. Right now, the only option i have in iTunes with it connected is to "eject" the ipod. Not neccesarrily an error # message, but one does come up that says "iTunes could not connect to the iTunes Store. Make sure your network connection is active and try again"
as for restoring at home, it just goes through the motion on the progress bar, but when it reaches around 100% it says "failed to restore. ___" i cant remember the rest as i was up til 2am, and back awake at 6am trying to figure this out...
Last night, there was no battery icon, and the screen stayed illuminated in recovery mode...i updated iTunes, and restarted my laptop at home, and now this morning the screen times out and dims, and there is all of a sudden a battery charging icon in the upper right corner. It would not "power down" at all last night...there was no "power off" slide option after holding the button(s)....this morning it will power off.
It also wouldnt connect to my car radio this morning like it would last night when i came home. The radio doesnt even recognize it anymore.
here is a quick screenshot of what i see...nothing...with it plugged up...

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