Can't transfer from iTunes to iPhone4 & How Can I get my apps back?

So, on my old computer, I had all my music on an external drive, and I finally decided to put iTunes on my laptop and just bring the music over especially since the computer just died. I decided to also plug in my iPhone so that it can sync up and I could go through all the steps with that now and not worry about it later - plus I wanted to put on all my Halloween apps that I'd been collecting for the past 3 years...
Well, the music got transferred just fine. I sync up the phone and it tells me that there is an update. I transfer my purchases first before doing the update. While it's doing that, I'm noticing something weird - it's transferring apps that I've had for awhile now. So, I look at my apps, and the only ones there are the ones that were just on my phone, all the others I had were gone!
I update my phone to ios5. It takes EVERYTHING off the phone. And when I say everything, I mean EVERYTHING! The photos I had on there stayed, as did whatever notes I made, and my contacts were all safe along with my prior messages. All the music and videos and apps were taken off. No problem, right? Wrong. I can't seem to transfer anything from iTunes to my iPhone.
So, here's my dilemma:
(1) How do I get all the zillions of apps back when I no longer have the computer that they were originally on?
(2) How do I transfer music/videos/apps from iTunes to my iPhone?
Everything is updated, the computer is authorized, there is obviously space on the iphone.... I'm at a loss. Help! ;__;

Apps and other media can be downloaded again for free, see this article: Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Did you make sure that no restrictions are set on your phone to install apps? Check Settings/General/Restrictions --> App Installation.

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