Sony Duo 11 Ultrabook review: Blurring the line between tablet and laptop

Unpacking the Sony Duo 11 (aka the SVD1123CXB) reveals what appears to be a tablet; no keyboard is immediately visible. Yet when you pick it up, it seems a little hefty for a tablet. What's going on here? Well, the Duo 11 is not just a tablet. Lifting up the top edge tilts the display and reveals a sliding keyboard hidden beneath the panel.

Welcome to the world of Windows 8 sliders. The Duo 11 keeps its keyboard tucked underneath the tablet's bottom chassis?it's there when you need it, but you can hide it away when you don't.

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The Duo 11 weighs in at 2 pounds, 13 ounces, decidedly on the light side for an Ultrabook. The 11.6-inch screen offers a full 1920-by-1080-pixel IPS touchscreen panel that provides good image quality and color fidelity. Sony also built a full Wacom digitizer into the touchscreen, complete with a stylus supporting 256 levels of pressure sensitivity. Artists will appreciate the digitizer, but Sony didn't think to include a slot to store the stylus in the body of the unit, so you'll need to keep track of it as you travel.

The Duo 11 meets Intel's Ultrabook spec: It's light, it boots quickly from the 128GB solid-state drive, and it measures just 0.71 inch thick. The machine carries an Intel Core i5-3317U processor, and our review unit had 8GB of system RAM (the standard amount of included memory is 6GB). Since it's an Ultrabook, its graphics hardware consists of the on-board Intel HD 4000 GPU built into the Ivy Bridge low-voltage processor.

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Dr Leo Capobianco of Allure Cosmetic Center Launches Breakthrough Skin Rejuvenating Fotofacial Procedure

Dr Leo Capobianco of Allure Cosmetic Center Launches Breakthrough Skin Rejuvenating Fotofacial Procedure

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Obama administration launch plan to tackle AIDS

The Obama administration has set-out a road map designed to halt the global spread of AIDS. This is based upon treating people sooner and other preventative measures.

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Two space veterans named to yearlong station flight

To collect data on how the human body reacts and adapts to the space environment, a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will spend a full year aboard the International Space Station.

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It turns out that we've been underestimating the black carbon pollution from kerosene lanterns by a factor of twenty.

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Consumer spending dipped in October for first time in five months

WASHINGTON -- Consumer spending dipped in October, the first decline in five months, as Superstorm Sandy took a big bite out of paychecks in the Northeast.

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Taxi Commission Eliminates Off-Duty Designation for Roof Lights

Taxi roof lights, which allow cabs to be off-duty, available, or both at once, had long been criticized for being confusing. Now there will be two choices: available or unavailable.

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Former leader emerges as favourite for top job

HELEN Holland is emerging as the favourite to become leader of the city council's Labour group following the resignation earlier this week of Peter Hammond.

Ms Holland is the obvious choice, given her experience as former council leader and the respect she commands among Labour colleagues.

But at least two other councillors are expected to put their hat into the ring – acting leader Ron Stone and Derek Pickup.

Mr Stone, ward councillor for St George West, became deputy when Mr Hammond won the leadership in May last year.

He is acting as leader until a new one is elected at a private meeting of the group which will probably be held before Christmas, although one councillor has suggested it should be delayed until the new year.

Mr Pickup, who represents Hartcliffe, is a former cabinet minister who was in charge of the council's education department and is understood to be keen to take on more responsibility.

Mark Bradshaw (Bedminster) would be another credible candidate but is unlikely to contest the leadership following an instruction from the party that Labour councillors cannot serve on George Ferguson's cabinet.

Mr Bradshaw, former cabinet councillor and deputy leader of the group, had been lined up to take on the transport brief in the new mayor's administration.

Mr Hammond resigned on Monday after supporting Labour councillors serving on the cabinet but was overruled by the party's National Executive Committee.

But it is understood that many party members are upset with Mr Hammond for announcing on local radio last week that councillors would serve without first seeking NEC approval.

He also said that Ms Holland would be deputy mayor before she had been offered the post.

Ms Holland responded by writing to Mr Ferguson to tell him she would not take up the position for personal reasons.

The Post tried to contact Ms Holland but she was unavailable for comment.

The internal party row over serving on the cabinet has created turmoil within the ranks.

Bristol vicar Alister Palmer yesterday condemned the party for failing to accept Mr Ferguson's offer of three cabinet seats as sour grapes.

In an exclusive interview with The Post, he branded the boycott as "cold-hearted act of abandonment of the city's poorest and most vulnerable citizens".

Mr Ferguson has expressed his disappointment at Labour's refusal to take up the posts and is keeping them open for a week in the hope that there is a change of heart.

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A slick stereotype: L.A. drivers unable to handle the rain

Many motorists don't disprove it as precipitation snarls the morning commute. The CHP reports more than three times as many accidents Thursday than occurred a week ago on Thanksgiving.

You know what they say: L.A. drivers can't handle the rain.

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Dell's 'Sputnik' Ubuntu Linux ultrabook: First in a new line?

Linux fans may recall the excitement that greeted the launch of Dell's ?Project Sputnik? earlier this year.

Made possible through an internal skunkworks effort, the project aimed to create an Ubuntu-preloaded laptop targeting developers, in particular, with what Dell has called a ?client to cloud? solution.

By midsummer, Dell said the associated beta program was exceeding�expectations, and today the resulting ultrabook officially launched in the U.S. and Canada.

I spoke earlier this week with Barton George, director of the Web vertical at Dell, along with Michael Cote, its director of cloud strategy, about Dell's strategy and goals for the new release.

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Nature Blows My Mind! The Multi-Generation, 2,500 Mile Monarch Butterfly Migration

The only insect to make an annual seasonal migration over such distances, the journey is so long it takes four generations of butterflies to make each trip. Amazing!

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Firmware updates for Pioneer AV receivers add HTC Connect music streaming compatibility

Pioneer flirted with HTC Connect earlier in the year, and now the relationship is getting more serious with firmware upgrades to Pioneer's AV receivers adding compatibility for the DLNA streaming tech. Fresh firmware is available now for the majority of 2012-model standard and Elite receivers, so if you've got a One series handset, an EVO 4G LTE, a Droid Incredible 4G LTE or a brand new Droid DNA, wireless streaming is just an update away. To see if your receiver has been granted HTC Connect-certification, head to the source below, where you'll also find links to download the relevant firmware.

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Florida governor orders review of election laws after voting snafus

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott ordered his top elections official on Wednesday to figure out what caused long lines at polling stations and delays in ballot counting in the battleground state on Election Day.

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Google Execs Say Google+ Is For Real People, Facebook Just Mongering For Dollars

Show of hands: Who’s sick of the Sponsored Stories and other encroaching ads on Facebook? Everybody? Although Facebook is free because Zuck & Co. have a massive advertising machine going, it can get a little obnoxious, and the Facebook advertising train is not slowing down. Soon, Facebook will leverage user activity to sell ads on...

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Obama, Romney to meet over lunch at the White House Thursday

WASHINGTON -- President Obama and former campaign rival Mitt Romney will meet for a private lunch Thursday at the White House, fulfilling an offer that Obama made after his reelection victory.

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The Next War: In Federal Budget Cutting, F-35 Fighter Jet Is at Risk

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, still plagued by technological troubles, will ultimately cost taxpayers $396 billion if the Pentagon sticks to its plan.

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Fatal collision ties up traffic on 134 Freeway

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'Most Wanted,' but not by parole officials

California dropped a warrant for alleged killer and drug cartel associate Jose Luis Saenz as he was being sought by the FBI.

SACRAMENTO — Jose Luis Saenz had been on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list since 2009, with a $100,000 bounty and his face in post offices across the United States before he was captured last week.

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