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Nov 12, 2008Keeping contact and calendar data in sync across devices and applications is not a new problem, but it is still a problem. Funambol offers an open source syncing solution.
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more »IMAP Proxies Managing mail traffic with an IMAP proxy
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more »OpenTimetool Offers Module for Mobile Devices
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more »Better Printing with Gutenprint 5.2.1
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