The set was shiny and glamorous, and the day's contestants happened to include some minor celebrities.

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Well, much like its bigger X-rated sibling, we won't really know until that shiny new operating system gets to see the light of day.

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On Christmas day alone, 6.8 million people activated their shiny new iOS and Android devices and downloaded 242 million apps.

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Present-day Silicon Valley is filled with slick marketing pitches, shiny gadgets that rely on invisible transistors and magical lines of code.

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Day in the life spot with Beckham and his newest bright, shiny thing?

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Anyway, our congratulations go out to Virgin on that shiny new trophy for the mantel, but honestly, we'd gladly trade it for a Lobster any day of the week.

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