Lenovo has announced that former Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci was appointed as a chief of Lenovo’s operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and said he aims to break into the top three in the region by next year. Lanci said in a statement he sees the rise of tablet computers and other gadgets such as thin Ultrabooks, creating many new opportunities for Lenovo. Lanci...

According to Financial Times, the Taiwanese company, Acer and its former CEO Gianfranco Lanci may have gone far away from each other – but it is not financially atleast. The company reportedly has initiated legal action against Lanci alleging that he had violated company’s non-compete clauses in the contract he signed with Acer at the time he leave the company in...