Close on the heels of its last-week unofficial availability of the 32GB version of the Google Nexus 7 tablet at Staples, it now appears that Office Depot and Gamestop are also offering the much-rumored tablet.

With 32GB Nexus 7 having been spied at Office Depot and Gamestop, which are reportedly offering the device for $250, there are indications that the device is now official and is available widely.

At an October 18 event in San Francisco, Google took the veils off a new Samsung laptop which runs Google's Chrome OS; and is the latest addition to Samsung's existing `Chromebook' devices, comprising the May-released $450 Series 5 550 Chromebook notebook, and the $330 Chromebox Series 3 desktop computer.

After a $22.5 million fine was imposed on Google by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in August, for settling charges pertaining to Google's alleged breach of privacy protections on Apple's Safari browser, the Internet search giant's privacy policy is once again under the scanner in Europe.

During the course of a recent interview with All Things D's Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said that, if Microsoft's own-branded Surface tablet turns out to be a successful device, its implications in the mobile-devices arena could be truly noteworthy.

In its new patent-infringement complaint filed against Apple at the US International Trade Commission (ITC), Google’s Motorola Mobility division has claimed that some Apple devices are equipped with features which violate its patents.

In a move which apparently has something to do with Amazon's much-rumored Kindle refresh, and Google's decision to venture into the tablet arena with its 7-inch Nexus tablet, Barnes and Noble (B&N) has recently announced that it is slashing the cost of its Nook devices.

In a small step which Google has taken against online piracy, the Internet search giant recently said that the ranking of websites will be demoted in search results if "valid copyright removal notices" are received about the content on those sites.