Pro Mouse "side buttons" useless?

I just came into the posession of an Apple Pro Mouse.
I see this mouse has the "squeeze side buttons" the mighty mouse has, but to no avail, I can't find any drivers on the Internet that will let me use these side buttons on my Pro mouse. Running OS X.
Anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks!

Those are not buttons; they're just part of the case design. The Apple Pro Mouse is a single-button mouse.

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