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Apple’s Darwin Calendar Server (DCS) is a free, open-source CalDAV server that works with iCal. It’s not the only one, but it’s a good choice—as long as you don’t mind a bit of command-line tinkering.

CalDAV, for those who don't know it, is an open standard for Web-based calendar services. It's used in Apple's iCal, Mozilla's Calendar Project-based programs, and a host of other calendaring, e-mail, ...

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Google's surprise announcement on March 13 that it is shutting down support for the CalDAV application programming interface (API) seemingly isn't going to set back Microsoft's plans to incorporate ...

Still hurting from Google's "spring cleaning" announcement yesterday? Google Reader fans may be out of luck, but Windows Phone users can take heart in knowing that Microsoft made the whitelist for the ...

Georgia Tech announced recently that it's contracted with open source service provider Unicon to integrate CalDAV within its Sakai implementation. CalDAV is a calendaring protocol that allows for ...

Google has reversed an earlier decision and will now allow all developers to access its CalDAV calendar API, and has also opened support for the CardDAV contact API to the general public as well. In ...

With a lot of companies releasing beta versions of their products or quietly adding features over time, the difference between a beta application and its release version can be a little hazy. Such is ...

Now that MobileMe has gotten stable (knock on wood, touch rabbit’s foot, cross fingers), I’ve come to depend on having that information synchronized between all of my computers. I take it for granted.

Sync up iCal with Google Calendar the better way, and get 2-way syncing for free with the new CalDAV support. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about ...