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Abu Dhabi Hotel Is A Hacker's Dream

Where: Corniche Road, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Wynn's got nothin' on the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.  

The government-owned $3 billion dollar hotel, which has a separate floor reserved for Gulf Arab royalty, boasts an unbroken bubble of wireless Internet access on its 250-acre (100-hectare) grounds. It works next to the two swimming pools, even on the private beach.

Guests in the hotel's 394 bedrooms, where nightly rates range from $600 to $12,000, get a handheld computer to interact with the television, stereo and 30 separate lights in each room. The $2,500 Linux-based AMX handheld, with an 8-inch color screen, can also arrange a wake-up call, download a movie, record a TV show or call for maid service.

Furthermore, the hotel has top notch security, with no fewer than 16 firewalls, secure telephones and 3.5TB of secure storage.  

Once again oil money trumps gambling money.

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