Monthly Archives: March 2010

How To: Reveal Hidden Passwords in Firefox

Today I wanted to replace my router and realized that I don’t remember my ISP’s username and password. Like in any router’s web interface, the ISP’s password is saved behind asterisks (or dots in case of Windows Vista/7) but there’s an easy way to reveal this password in Firefox:

Just paste the following code in your browsers address bar when you’re on the page that displays the username and password of your connection and press Enter.

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How To: Use the Apple Magic Mouse on your Windows PC

Back in October 2009, Apple released the Magic Mouse, the first pointing device with a multi-touch surface. Like with the iPod or the iPhone, you interact with the device using gestures. And of course like with any other mouse, you can click it: The mouse itself is the button!

The Magic Mouse

I bought the Magic Mouse from the London Apple Store during a quick trip there and because my previous mouse was a Logitech MX518, when I first started using the Magic Mouse I got a little bit disappointed by the lack of precision when trying to do some very detailed work. Getting it to work with Windows 7 is not that difficult, all you have to do is follow the simple steps of this how-to.

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