Apple’s massive North Carolina data center is apparently only the beginning when it comes to handling the deluge of content traffic flowing through Apple’s servers. The company has now confirmed that it has plans to build anothe…

Microsoft declined to comment on rumors that it’s about to release an iPad version of its Office productivity suite. “We have nothing to share at this time,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Ars via e-mail—a statement that…

A class-action complaint has now been filed against Google for its circumvention of Safari’s privacy features. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for Delaware, accuses Google of willfully violating of the Federal Wiretap…

Apple made a surprise announcement about Mountain Lion this week, which ended up being the top Apple news of the week. In addition to Mountain Lion, our top posts this week included cannibalization of Macs by iOS, the new iCa…

Apple has won another victory against HTC thanks to a new ruling by the International Trade Commission. On Friday afternoon, the ITC dismissed HTC’s original patent complaint against Apple, upholding its initial ruling from Octob…

Mac users have now had a full day to mess around with the newly released Messages beta that lets them send iMessages from the desktop. (We shared our thoughts on the beta software yesterday and highlighted a number of things that…

Another Mac OS release, another moment of truth for those using old Macs. Apple’s next OS X release, code-named Mountain Lion, will drop support for some older machines as the company continues to move forward with the iOS-ifica…

iMessage on the desktop went from a wish to (beta) reality in just four months. Less than half a year after rolling out its SMS “replacement” for iOS devices, Apple brought its iMessaging platform to the Mac OS X desktop as part …

The privacy controversy following the public blowup over Path’s uploading of user data to its servers has now grabbed the attention of Congress, which is now looking to Apple for answers. US House Representatives Henry A. Wax…

Apple is planning to swing back at Kodak with yet another patent infringement lawsuit in the US, but first it wants permission from New York’s Bankruptcy Court. The company showed its hand in a filing with the court this week, …