Itunes Cannot connect to Ipod touch because of an "unknown error"

I just bought the latest Ipod Touch and it synced perfectly until two days ago. So now whenever I plug it in, it says "iTunes could not connect "iPod" because an unknown error occurred (0xE8000003." I've reinstalled itunes, reset my ipod and turned off my ipod and restarted my computer but I get the same message. Please help me!

Have you looked here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3221
(iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Unknown error containing '0xE' when connecting)

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