Breaking news on IT infrastructure hardware and software

Dell has thrown in the towel, after HP upped its bid for utility storage provider 3PAR with all-cash bid of $33 (£21.44) per share

Fibrecity could offer all Dundee residents fibre broadband, using the sewer system

The Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) wants to run a Governance Board to develop a code of conduct for services

Memristors could replace traditional memory technologies such as Flash and hard drives, as well as CPUs

IBM has confirmed that it will ship its new z196 processor, touted as the world’s fastest chip, next week

HP is to cough up $55 million (£36 million) in order to settle claims that it participated in a kickback scheme to win federal contracts

Scientists in California plan to prove whether data centres can save power by cutting out the AC power

Greenpeace may not “Like” it, but the Oregon data centre is more efficient where it is, says Facebook

The advertising regulator’s powers will be extended to cover social media marketing from 1 March

Ofgem’s prospectus on smart metering is not all it’s cracked up to be, according to analyst firm Ovum

Sustainability will be ‘critical’ to businesses, bringing cash savings as well as carbon cuts, according to Capgemini

Greenpeace’s director, and 500,000 Facebook users, ask the company to use clean energy

Running on VMware’s bread-and-butter vSphere platform, the new management controls include management, security, data centre services and consulting

Project Horizon products showcase new, user-centric application and data delivery architecture

The acquisitions are intended to support VMware’s emerging ‘IT as a Service’ strategy

Orange has officially launched its high definition (HD) voice service that promises superior voice calls on the mobile phone

AMD is quietly phasing out the ATI branding for its graphics products according to reports and will instead place them under the AMD brand

Intel is making a push into the Internet-connected mobile device space with its purchase of Infineon’s wireless chip business

3PAR received an offer from Dell matching HP’s $1.8 billion bid and accepts it, apparently ending the high-stakes bidding war - but HP isn’t done

Intel is reportedly close to a deal to buy Infineon’s mobile chip business, according to industry rumours