Palm to split — official. The troubled company will rid itself of either its software or its hardware business, says CEO. He just won’t say which yet. And, dealing with the glut in inventory of existing models caused by the sudden downturn in the PDA market just as it rolled out a new range of products, Palm gave attendees at a developers’ conference in Orange County free wireless-enabled Palm VIIx’s and a free month’s subscription to Palm.net. The Register