Amazon sells a record amount of Kindle devices as it introduces Black Friday in the EU-- Kindle sales from Amazon.co.uk were "more than three times higher" on 23 November than the previous record.

Keep in mind Amazon fails to provide hard sales numbers, giving only statements like " Black Friday was the biggest sales day ever for the Kindle Family" and "Kindle Fire [was] the bestselling product across all of Amazon.co.uk on Black Friday."

During 23-26 November the Kindle Fire cost £99, down from the usual £129.

"Black Friday" is the ominously named US post-Thanksgiving retail tradition slowly creeping towards the continent. Amazon UK holds Black Friday since 2010, and 2012 also sees the date taking place in France and Germany, with special offers aimed at driving Christmas sales.

Following Black Friday is Cyber Monday, a further date for lightning deals taking place on online shopping sites.

Go Biggest Sales Day Ever for Kindle Family on Black Friday

The American election might have come and gone, but not before an interesting piece of news came to our attention-- a Microsoft Surface tablet found use as a voting machine in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Part of a test by electronic balloting company Democracy Live, the tablet runs "LiveBallot," a cloud-based browser application built the Microsoft Windows Azure platform.

LiveBallot allows voters to access, mark and print a ballot, before printing out results for counting by a separate machine.

The Surface makes something of a change in the world of voting machines, many of which are older machines running on 486x processors. The tablet even has built-in screen reading capability, while USB support allows sip-and-puff input devices for disabled voters.

Due to security concerns, the Surface was not used as an actual voting machine-- but the test might be something of a glimpse of the future, at least when it comes to the democratic process.

Go Microsoft Surface Tested as Balloting Device (GeekWire)

Fujitsu has a number of Windows 8-ready devices for enterprise customers-- the Stylistic Q572 tablet, Styistic Q702 laptop-tablet hybrid and the Lifebook T902 convertible notebook. 

While all the above ship with Windows 8, Fujitsu insists customers can also go for Windows 7 licenses. 

The Stylistic Q572 has a 10.1-inch display with enchanced security features such as built-in fingerprint sensor, SmartCard reader and Full Disk Encryption (FDE). 

It is also the first tablet to carry the low-power dual-core AMD Z-60 APU. 

The Q702 hybrid features similar specs, and is convertible into a traditional notebook via optional keyboard accessory. 

Finally the Lifebook T902 is one of the slimmest 13.3-inch Fujitsu notebooks, with enterprise features including Intel vPro technology, SmartCard reader and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for improved mobile security. 

Go New Fujitsu Windows 8 Devices

LG announces its Windows 8 portfolio ahead of the Microsoft OS launch-- a device range including a by now obligatory tablet-laptop hybrid.

The H160 is perhaps interesting-- an 11.6-inch hybrid device with a slide-out (accessible via auto-slide button) keyboard. It is 15.9mm thick, weighs 120g and carries USB/HDMI ports and a micro SD card slot.

The company also offers the V325-- an AIO PC with a 23-inch touchscreen (with 10-point multi-touch support), Core i5 processor and Nvidia GeForce GT640M graphics. It also carries a TV tuner users can access on without having to power up the whole PC.

LG gives no mention of a European release for the 2 devices, which should hit the Korean market with the Windows 8 launch.

Go LG Electronics Windows 8 Lineup