A breakfast table discussion at Slate Magazine between David and Tom Gardner, co-founders of The Motley Fool, weighs the fortunes of Palm, Inc. against those of Krispy Kreme donuts.

Please note, there will be no news coverage on Monday, May 14, as our news editor will be on assignment. News will resume Tuesday, May 15.

Clickmarks and SeeBeyond announced an alliance agreement in which Clickmarks will integrate SeeBeyond

Pumatech, Inc. announced an agreement with BAAS Network, in which Pumatech will extend the global reach of its Enterprise software and Mobile Application Platform by establishing a presence in South Korea.

Air2Web and Registry Magic Inc. announced a strategic alliance in which they will jointly develop, market, promote, and sell end-to-end Bluetooth/wireless solutions, enabled via Registry Magic Inc.’s Consumer Payment Network and Air2Web’s Mobile Internet Platform.

PatientKeeper, Inc. and Certicom announced their collaboration to safeguard patient information stored on handheld computers using advanced encryption. Further, the alliance will secure the two-way transmission of vital healthcare information between handhelds and healthcare organizations’ computer systems.

Palm, Inc. announced details of its presence at the Cannes Film Festival, which takes place May 9 to 20. Palm will showcase new products and solutions at its booth in the Cannes Market (Booth 17.02) and will also provide an exclusive software CD and a unique application developed specifically for Cannes Market attendees and festival-goers.

There have been a few reported problems with this month’s virus feature, including an inability to EasyPrint and exceeding the maximums for AvantGo. We’ve fixed the EasyPrint problem, so go ahead and print, but we can’t do much about the AvantGo issue, other than suggest you read the article online. This is a HUGE article and we’ve apparently exceeded AvantGo’s settings.

Free registration is also required to read this other New York Times article on the SpringPort Wireless Ethernet module, made by Xircom that lets Visor users connect wirelessly to local networks.

Free registration is required to read this New York Times article on the SmartPad2 keyboard for Palm devices. It’s a qwerty-style keyboard template on the surface of the digitizing pad that’s about two and a half times larger than the keyboard template on Palm device screens.