As the October 26th 2012 launch date for Windows 8 approaches, you can expect lots of new information, about Microsoft’s latest Windows 8 operating system to be released.

Today Amazon has rolled out new product listings for the range of Windows 8 software options that will be available to consumers from this months official launch date onwards.

A listing on the Amazon website indicates that Windows 8 Standard Edition to Windows 8 Pro Edition will be offering product keys in retail packaging at launch, with no disc required to upgrade to the Windows 8 Pro edition.

Unfortunately no information on pricing has been published as yet on the Amazon website, but it has been previously revealed that customers will be ... Read more »

It has been revealed today that Twitter has acquired the video clip service Vine, that never actually launched their new new video clipping service service as a public release.

As rumours have suggested over the past month the acquisition of Vine seems to point towards Twitter moving to compete and maybe replacing third-party Twitter options such as TwitVid, Posterous, and Mobypicture.

New start-up Vine launched earlier this year in June and currently has only three employees, however no official information has been released by Twitter or Vine, revealing details of the acquisition.

Both companies have been contacted regarding the new acquisition, and as always we will keep you updated as more official information surfaces.

... Read more »