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I Could Eat is a feature that showcases a scrumptious snack or drink that we think other geeks and gamers “could eat” (in other words, would greatly enjoy). If you have any snacks or drinks that you think are worthy of an I Could Eat shout out, let us know!

Children everywhere have come to know and love blue raspberry as a flavor, but what do we actually know about this flavor? Blue raspberry is the Santa Claus of the candy industry; rooted in fact, but completely fictional for all intents and purposes, except to make the candy makers more money.

Moving onto the topic at hand, it’s no secret that I’m a fan of just about every Sour Patch-branded edible snack ever made. And much to my surprise, I found yet another variation that to which my tongue is a virgin. This is an issue that will meet its remedy today.

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At CES 2011, we saw an influx of Sandy Bridge laptops and desktops, but the CPUs themselves weren’t for sale yet. However, online vendors such as Newegg are now selling a few models of Sandy Bridge processors. Models available and pricing are as follows:

• Core i5 2300 (2.8GHz) – $185
• Core i5 2400 (3.1GHz) – $195
• Core i5 2400S (2.5GHz) – $205
• Core i5 2500 (3.3GHz) – $210
• Core i5 2500K (3.3GHz) – $225
• Core i7 2600 (3.4GHz) – $300
• Core i7 2600K (3.4GHz) – $330

You’ll notice there’s a letter after some of the models. “K” represents an unlocked processor, while “S” represents a CPU with a 65W TDP. Unfortunately, these new procs use a new socket type (1155), so you won’t be able to nail them down into your current motherboards.

[Newegg]

Epic Vid of the Week is a weekly series that showcases an awesome video that we or our readers discover. Some you may have seen before and others you may have not. If you’ve discovered any videos that are worthy of an Epic Vid of the Week title, let us know!

In Australia, there’s been a massive flood that has sadly already claimed a handful of lives, but has also claimed quite a few cars. This amazing video captures a rising flood on the move and ends up clearing an entire parking lot.

This little gem appeared in our inbox today. Apparently, one of our readers thinks we’re Razer.

Dear Razer,

Usually I don’t do this, but this is something that is eating me up. For a gift, one of my friends bought me one of your Mamba gaming mouses. (wireless/wired) Couldn’t wait to try it out. Took it home, downloaded drivers, charged the batter, plugged it in, and tried to use it. No response. The mouse lit up, but wouldn’t work. Checked device manager. It couldn’t detect the device. Under unfortunate circumstances, I was unable to return it. One hundred twenty dollars down the drain. Caused a lot of stress for my friend and I. I’m deeply dissapointed, and wanted you to know that I will be sticking to Logitech from here on out. (I had ordered a Death Adder before I had received the Mamba from my friend. That order has been cancelled.)

Regards,
Justin Lee

Wow, Justin. We’re very sorry that you had to experience this. Because of this terrible occurrence, we are prepared to offer you a full refund and a replacement Mamba for both you and your friend. However, because we don’t work for Razer, we can’t authorize that. Perhaps you should contact their support and you’ll get a bit further on this.

While Apple themselves don’t support the uninstallation of the Mac App Store in any way, it’s still possible in case you don’t really care for the new program. Using a free Mac program called AppCleaner, you can easily uninstall the Mac App Store and its associated files. This is a great fix for those Mac users who hate having unused apps and programs laying around taking up precious storage space.

via [OSNews]

According to EuroGamer, developer City Interactive has confirmed that they’re working on a sequel to Sniper: Ghost Warrior. The sequel will be built on Crytek’s Crysis 2-powering CryEngine 3. This sequel is reported to be one of two upcoming CryEngine 3-based City Interactive titles, with the second being a World War II FPS. Release dates, official titles, and further information about these games are hopefully just around the corner, but don’t hold your breath.

via [Big Download]

The Bargain Bin is a weekly feature that helps out gamers in this tough economy. How does it help? Once a week, it offers a great and cheap game ($10 or less) to keep you going until your next paycheck.

Fans of tower-defense, casual gaming, and/or the unethical treatment of zombies will enjoy today’s Bargain Bin. Though, not part of any special deal or seasonal discount, Plants vs. Zombies is worth every cent of the $9.99 it costs through Steam.

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CES 2011 has now come and gone and what a week it was! While the show officially started on Thursday, companies were already announcing and unveiling new products as early as Monday, and since I didn’t cover everything that happened under the Las Vegas Convention Center roof, I decided to sit down and reflect back on the week, as well as catch up on stuff that I missed.

After the break, I’ll be recapping some of the best in PC products that were shown at CES and give you my prediction on what this year will have in store for us based on what we saw at CES 2011.

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I got some good news and I got some bad news. Which do you want to hear first? The good news, eh? Alright.

The good news is that Intel’s Light Peak technology is all ready to go!

The bad news is that it will use copper instead of fiber optics. That’s right, folks. The same technology that was used by the two-hundred-year-old telegraph is being used in Light Peak. So what gives? David Perlmutter, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s Architecture Group, says that fiber optics is too new of a technology, so it’s still relatively expensive. Plus, he found that copper “came out very good, surprisingly better than what we thought.” He continued by saying that a majority of users today will be fine with just copper, but fiber optics is still the faster transfer protocol (duh).

Seriously? Intel is settling for mediocrity? So I guess it can’t really be called “Light Peak” anymore since, you know, copper doesn’t use light…

via [Computerworld]

Today, iTunes turns ten years old. It was born on January 9th, 2001 at the MacWorld Expo as just a regular music player that simply played music (how I wish they all just did that now). Even though it’s sluggish and crashes sometimes, we can’t help but salute and wish it ten more healthy years of music playing. Then we’ll give it ten birthday spankins’ and a pinch to grow an inch.

Also, you check out Steve Jobs’ introduction to iTunes back in 2001 after the break. This was when young Jobs actually had some meat on those bones.

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