*Gasp* Google Takes Chrome out of Beta

TechCrunch reports that in a completely out of character move Google will officially be taking it’s new web browser, Chrome, out of Beta status.  I know…wow!  The move comes as the fledgingly browser has peaked the interest of corporations that can only roll out officially released products.  Having only been out for a few months this comes as a surprise for a company well known for seemingly branding products as “beta” perpetually.  Gmail is going into it’s fifth year (or close to that) and the web-mail service is still being toted as a beta application.  Come on, Google, this is just getting stupid.  You’ve officially taken the cool out of geeks who claim to be “beta testers”.