BEIKS FIND is a replacement of the global search application you use to find emails, contacts and other information in your Palm. It works around a significant limitation of the built-in search and adds the extra feature of remembering the latest performed searches.

A jury found Toshiba liable for breach of fiduciary duty and theft of trade secrets and awarded more than $380 million in damages to Lexar Media, a maker of memory cards used in computers and digital cameras. The verdict “holds Toshiba accountable for its conduct–building Lexar’s trust to acquire our technology and then betraying that trust to partner with our competitor and compete against us,” Eric Whitaker, Lexar’s general counsel, said in a statement.

OnVerge Labs announced the availability of InfiniFile for the Palm OS Platform. InfiniFile for Palm OS Platform provides access to virtually unlimited audio and video files, Palm OS programs and related data stored on a PC, over a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth network connection. To the Palm applications running on the handheld or smartphone, InfiniFile looks like an additional multi-gigabyte memory card.

palmOne announced it will open an engineering center in Dublin, Ireland, the company’s first such facility in Europe. The center will focus on core, leading-edge mobile technology to help palmOne accelerate the delivery of next-generation smartphones to European carriers and their customers.

Borrowing an idea from nature, John Hopkins University in Maryland has designed a sensor which allows a robot to feel its way around. The flexible wand-like device is based on detailed examination of a cockroach antenna.

Symbian, a maker of operating systems for cell phones, has licensed software from rival Microsoft, in a sign of growing cooperation between the two companies. Symbian said it will develop software that lets Symbian phones work with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 email, calendar, contacts and other personal-information tools, then make it available to Symbian licensees.

People don’t just use BlackBerry; once they’ve discovered it, they can’t live without it. Though it can be used as a phone, the BlackBerry’s power lies in its ability to push email automatically from the company server to the end user. That simple concept has revolutionized corporate life. Two million BlackBerry subscribers have already signed up and their numbers are growing rapidly.

Hewlett-Packard wrongly denied benefits to workers by misclassifying them as “contractors”, deliberately destroyed evidence of the problem and retaliated against a whistle-blower trying to rectify the situation, according to two lawsuits. One of the suits, brought by HP employee Mike McClendon, claims company managers were directed to shred their notes after an October 2003 meeting in which it became apparent that HP was violating the law. In addition, a source close to the matter says, a complaint from McClendon related to the incident was sent more than a year ago to an HP ethics committee led by now interim Chief Executive Officer Robert Wayman, but no action was taken.

Infuzer continues its history of providing the most convenient way to track your favorite sports teams with its launch of free schedule downloads for the 2005 Major League Baseball Season. Each free schedule can be added to your PC or PDA calendar to quickly and effortlessly keep up with your teams of choice. It’s fully compatible with the Microsoft Outlook, Palm Desktop and Lotus Notes calendar platforms. Users can select any team schedule and it will be imported to their PC or PDA calendar in a single click. Additionally, users may opt-in to Infuzer’s Premium MLB Service which will send previews, final scores and game recaps directly to the calendar entry.

Sony Electronics its new IPELA line of Internet protocol (IP)-based communications products ranging from IP monitoring and recording devices to IP-ready video conferencing systems. IPELA signifies the arrival of business communications equipment that blends Sony’s high-resolution imaging and audio technology with the universal reach of IP networks.