Airport Card Not Installed Error on Macbook Pro 13

I've a Macbook Pro 13 less than 1year old. 3 days ago, I attempted to update my iPod Touch 3G from 3.1.2 to 4.2.1. While in the process, my iPod froze and I forced quitted iTunes.
On the next boot, Airport was off. And no matter what I did, it didn't turn on. I fixed this with a reinstall of the OS. Yesterday night, I turned off Airport to save power. Today morning onwards, I see the warning "Airport Card not Installed".
What could be the problem?

No idea, but here is a thread on this very subject and many suggestions which have worked for some people:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1399798&tstart=15
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