As of today, Google will remove the "beta" tag from most of its products, namely Gmail, which is over five years old and wildly popular with both business and personal users. While the moniker implied "serious kinks were still being worked out, [and] also made the idea of a beta test seem almost meaningless," it also sort of told users, ideally, that Google would continue, now and forever, to make their products better. So, GMail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Google Talk will all get their "beta" wings snipped. They are, it seems, officially ready for use.