Why aren't my iCloud and iTunes syncing?

I think that these two issues are related, which is why I'm just posting this all together.
iCloud issues - I recently purchased more space for my iCloud.  It's backing up on a regular basis, but it doesn't affect/synch with my computer.  If I add a contact on my phone, it doesn't update on my Macbook Pro. Do I need to register my computer in some way or another?
iTunes issues.  My itunes has recently stopped sycing with my phone.  I plug it into the computer or try to do it over wireless and my itunes recognizes that it is sycing, it goes through Steps 1-7 really quickly, and then nothign has changed.  New podcasts or songs on my iTunes do not go onto my phone.
Just want to have everything running smoothly so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Alex

Are you sure you can't run Lion on your computer?  Check the requirements here, maybe you can upgrade, although you could not get all the features:  http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html
For your iTunes problem I think it might be best if you disable wireless sync and do it via cable. I had something similar happen to me once and apparently there was some conflict there because of the Apple ID I was using on iTunes on my phone. I switched off wireless syncing and made sure I logged out of iTunes and it worked itself out.

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