One of two things are going to happen. Either Steve Jobs is up to his usual tricks and is investing in ways to send those who follow Apple’s patterns off the trail, or MacRumours (and others) have got something right.
The sudden outburst of rumours are generally fuelled by the evidence spotted in the MacRumours forum. They noticed Apple’s recent purchase of www.me.com. This was recently followed by the acquisition of www.mobileme.com. I’m no expert, but it’s a safe bet that these domains cost a lot of money, as the …

First and foremost, I’d like to point out that I’m not a Mac user, and haven’t been for a long time. I won’t be for a long time, thanks to Apple’s ‘generous’ UK pricing scheme. The next thing I’d like to point out, which you are more than likely to know by now, considering you just pressed the link, is that Microsoft has released the latest version of Windows Live Messenger 7.0.
The reason why I am posting this so suddenly is a little attempt at settling the uproar in the …