MacBook & iPod Touch not syncing iCal & Address Book data

I have been unable to sync iCal & Contact data between my MacBook and iPod Touch for some time. The iPod shows up in my iTunes but when highlighted with the Info tab clicked neither my contacts nor calendars appear in the appropriate boxes so that they may be synced. I receive a message stating that it is unable to sync this data because syncing is not enabled. When I click 'Yes' to enable syncing I get a message stating that syncing can not be enabled on this computer. I then click 'Override' which essentially does nothing. I am not sure what happened to create this problem nor how to fix it. Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks,
Joe

Jim,
I found instructions on how to reset SyncServices via Terminal command. After trying it this is the message I received:
Last login: Sun Jan 31 16:49:44 on ttys000
You have new mail.
joseph-geliss-macbook:~ josephgelis$
joseph-geliss-macbook:~ josephgelis$ /System/Library/Frameworks/SyncServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/resetsyn c.pl reset
2010-02-01 14:26:35.328 perl[1400:10b] SyncServer is unavailable: exception when connecting: [NSPortCoder sendBeforeTime:sendReplyPort:] timed out (286748795.327084 286748795.328117) 1
PerlObjCBridge: NSException raised while sending resetSyncData to NSObject object
name: "ISyncServerUnavailableException"
reason: "Can't connect to the sync server: NSPortTimeoutException: [NSPortCoder sendBeforeTime:sendReplyPort:] timed out (286748795.327084 286748795.328117) 1 ((null))"
userInfo: ""
location: "/System/Library/Frameworks/SyncServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/resetsy nc.pl line 38"
** PerlObjCBridge: dying due to NSException
joseph-geliss-macbook:~ josephgelis$
I keep getting this message indicating that I can't connect to the Sync Server. I am not sure as to what the significance of this is or how to rectify it.

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