A landmark bill finally went into action this week that will allow American cellular customers to unlock their smartphones for free. The process of unlocking may vary between mobile service providers, but you can rest assured that you are now entitled, by law, to carrier-unlock your smartphone.

Carriers had until February 10, 2015 to bring their policies into compliance with this bill, so from that day forth, ridiculous unlocking fees are a thing of the past, bringing the U.S. in line with policies that have long since been in place throughout most of the world.

Some eligibility requirements… more

Welcome back, my novice hackers!

This is the third installment of my Python scripting series. If you haven’t read the previous two articles, take some time now to go back and read Part 1 and Part 2 before you proceed here.

As I mentioned in previous tutorials, Python is probably the most widely used scripting language for hackers. This is primarily because it has some built-in modules and libraries that make many of the tasks we need to do as hackers much simpler and faster.

In this guide, I want to fill in some more of the basic information about Python and then build a password cracker… more

For those who have never traveled abroad, you may not know that different carriers around the world use different bands of frequency to provide service to their customers. This means that a phone bought in the U.S. may be unable to acquire signal from a carrier in Europe.

Up until now, you had to rely on word of mouth or by cross-checking carrier and device compatibility, but with the creation of Will My Phone Work, the entire process has turned into just a couple of mouse clicks.

By inputing your phone’s brand and model into the website, Will My Phone Work checks whether your device is… more

It is a truth universally acknowledged that food molded into fancy shapes somehow seems tastier. That’s true even with chocolate, which is inherently delicious. Now, while you can buy chocolate that’s been pre-molded into fancy shapes, you can have a lot of fun and save a few bucks by making your own specialty chocolate molds. All you need to get started are items you most likely already own.

The Cookie Cutter Method

This is an amazingly easy and versatile way to shape chocolate.

Tools & Ingredients:

Cookie cutters (I recommend small plastic or plastic-coated cookie cutters since the… more