IPod won't update song info

Basically when I add a song onto the iPod, it'll show up normally on iTunes (Song name, artist, album) but on the iPod Touch it will just show SONG NAME - UNKNOWN ARTIST - UNKNOWN ALBUM. This is a new issue, since upgrading iTunes to 10.6 and I have tried changing to No ID3 Tags, but nothing works. It's extremely frustrating. I dunno if it's a iPod issue or an iTunes issue since all my over songs have been updating fine.

Could you let me know when you find out? i'm having the same issue.

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