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Heads up, boys and girls! I am quite sure that many of you are extremely excited with what Grand Theft Auto V will deliver when it finally hits store shelves. Well, you have been waiting for quite some time already, and here we are with word that Grand Theft Auto V PSN avatars can now be downloaded over at the PlayStation Store. These will cost $0.49 a pop, and you can choose from a range that will also include the three playable lead characters of Grand Theft Auto V.

Michael happens to be a professional ex-con whose retirement is a lot less rosy than he hoped it would be, while Franklin is a street hustler looking for real opportunities and serious money, with Trevor being a maniac with violent tendencies, who is driven by the chance of a cheap high and the next big score.

Much has been said and talked about Grand Theft Auto V in the past, where we did check out the gameplay trailer which was released earlier this month which delivered actual in-game footage, in addition to the possibility of the title breaking UK games sales records. Not only that, there has also been special hardware and bundles lined up to commemorate the Grand Theft Auto V launch.

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Well, well, it seems that you might want to upgrade your navigational systems on your multi-million dollar yacht after hearing this news – researchers from the University of Texas claimed to have succeeded in generating fake GPS signals, and this effort was not done through a computer program performing a brute force hacking, but it required several years of work and mistakes before the team managed to spoof GPS (Global Positioning System) signals, and in an experiment, they managed to send a yacht hundreds of meters off course, all the time fooling the crew into thinking that the yacht remained on course without veering to the right or to the left.

Good thing it was a test that was conducted on purpose, and not pulled off as a prank. In this particular test which was conducted off the coast of Italy last month, it proved to be successful and of course, is one of the most sophisticated ever reported against GPS. Part of the process involved generating fake signals which were a wee bit different from the legitimate ones, and in order to fool the yacht, they had to mimic the entire GPS constellation, which was no mean feat. Obviously, this won’t work very well at night since sailors can always refer to the stars in the sky, but during the daytime, it could be a very powerful military weapon.

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According to NPD figures, the Nintendo 3DS is the top selling console in the US for the month of June, but for those who want a slight change in scenery, you might want to check out the Nintendo 3DS XL (which has done pretty well for itself when it was first released last year) that also has its fair share of customized accessories, having arrived in bundles in the past, but here we are with word that the black version of the Nintendo 3DS XL will be arriving sometime in August 2013.

Granted, we are already at the tail end of July, so it should not be too long until this dark color of your choice arrives. I personally prefer my devices to come in black – not only does it masks the smudges and dirt a whole lot better than a white device, you won’t find black plastic turning yellow after some time, too. The black version of the Nintendo 3DS XL will hit store shelves this August 11th to keep company the blue, red, and pink models. On the same day, do expect to have some fun as the Mario & Luigi: Dream Team action RPG is released, too.

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Christina Applegate was next up to dig into her personal heritage on “Who Do You Think You Are?” and the experience had an unexpected side benefit. It allowed Christina to bond with her father, Bob, whom she did not see often while growing up. She did grow closer to him after the birth of her daughter in 2011, but this experience brought them even closer.

Bob’s mother had died when he was 13. After that, he was passed around between different family members while growing up, giving him little stability and little closure about the loss of his mother. In fact, her death had always been a mystery in the family. It was Christina’s hope that she could give Bob some peace by uncovering the truth about his mother.

She learned that her grandmother had passed away from tuberculosis. She also learned about a secret history of alcoholism and abuse in the family. But it was a secret history that had ended with Bob.

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Could you soon carry around your HBO subscription in your pocket to search out bigger screens for enjoying "Game of Thrones"?

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There could soon be an even smaller means of (legally) carrying around “Game of Thrones” in your pocket.

HBO’s Laura Young told Variety this week that the network is “actively exploring supporting Chromecast as another way for our subscribers to enjoy HBO Go.”

HBO customers can currently watch some of the sexiest and goriest content on television via the HBO Go app on just about any device, but adding compatibility with Google’s new low-cost HDMI dongle would up the ante considerably. While HBO’s paid content is already essentially portable on the tiny screens of most mobile devices, a Chromecast app would allow a subscription to be transported to any screen of any size, anywhere.

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