Apple buys "mobileme.com" domain name?

This is part of the itunes & google sync bridge -> aka "landmark event in more ways than one [image of twin GG bridges]"

@NJ - there are rumors that .Mac will be overhauled/replaced:

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/29/big-changes-coming-to-mac

"He went through the iCal Localizable.strings file in the recently released 10.5.3 update and found a number of changes. In particular, he found a lot of evidence that the .Mac brand name is going to be replaced. Apple is apparently using a placeholder %@ which will be dynamically replaced by the new name, whatever that is, when it's released."

in previous versions .Mac was hardcoded. why go through the trouble of replacing references with a placeholder if changes aren't on the horizon?

@Devin P.
nothing. messages sent to user@dotmac can be easily redirected to same.user@whatever.the.new.service.is.called

I don't know what to make of the .Mac mail problems today. My email has been messed up for over 7 hours in various ways. Is this because they're upgrading to MobileMe or whatever overnight (it is Tuesday, after all), or just .Mac being as slow and unreliable as ever? Nothing makes me doubt Apple as much as the disrespect they show for .Mac users who pay extra for an email address that becomes unusable for hours at a time, way too often, usually without even a notice on the website to indicate they know anything is wrong. This is my primary BUSINESS email address. If they think it's a toy that they can take away whenever they want then they should give it away for free and state as much.

FYI .mac website appeard to be down, Mail cant access email either...hummm

Same here. .Mac email errors - timeouts and bad password errors.

Just got off the phone with support they had me deselect the SSL check box which changed the port number.

Yup. I was wondering the same thing. Mine's been down and out of wack for the past few hours.
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Well shit, I can't even verify this, now can I?

I don't care what they call .Mac; I just want it to work.

I wouldn't be surprised if Apple means to upgrade .Mac into a more integrated service, that has the communal feel of a Flickr/youtube/facebook mashup. Making is as much about sharing with others as it is about online utilities/storage/hosting etc.

If you're going to ask a question in your title, then ask a question. Do not follow a "statement" with a question mark (as in "Apple buys mobileme.com domain name?")

Why not title your article: Did Apple buy mobileme.com domain name?