Just refreshed my gmail, after gtalk was experiencing difficulties and lo! Gmail logo as well as the title bar have now changed to Google Mail! I think the british company seems to have won the battle of keeping the name "Gmail"

I am still seeing Gmail here (Canada)!

Found the reason. Actually, I connect to the internet through a proxy server and to access one particular site, I had changed my proxy server to the UK one instead of the normal US one.

So, I guess it is just for people in UK. This may be the settlement with that british firm, who knows.

Anyways, sorry for the false alarm :)

Yes, Google can't use the "GMail" trademark in the UK, so they use "Google Mail" instead. But the gmail domain name can still be used.

Isn't it same in Germany too ?

Yes, it is. Germany and the UK.