Hong Kong (CNN) -- When architect James Law looks in the mirror each morning his reflection is not all that greets him -- he can also see the weather report, e-mail messages and his heart rate.

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The second time I stayed at the Palms, nine months later, I stood in the lobby for 15 minutes before anyone acknowledged my arrival, waited two hours to get into my room, discovered that no one could be bothered to look up the day's weather report and finished off the day at the wrong off-campus restaurant thanks to directions a concierge gave the taxi driver.

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Scottish farmers remain optimistic about the industry's future despite two years of wet weather-hit harvests and rising costs, according to a report.

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Radios will become two-way devices that let you request additional information about, say, daily traffic or a current weather report.

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