Lenovo unveils special desktop PC

World's third largest PC vendor Lenovo Group yesterday announced a strategic partnership with e-business giant Alibaba and chipmaker Intel to tap the burgeoning e-commerce market. The move is expected to help Lenovo gain more market share from competitors. As the first step to mark the partnership, Lenovo will launch a tailor-made desktop PC product targeting e-commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in September, according to Xia Li, vice-president of Lenovo. The special desktop will embed Alibaba's platform, Winport, allowing users to access e-commerce business efficiently and easily, according to Xia. "We found that one reason for SMEs' reluctance in developing e-commerce is a lack of knowledge in the area, and our product will go a long way in helping them," said Xia. Less than 1 percent of China's 42... [read full story]