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SkypeNames.exe slows down Firefox 3

Recently I had some major performance issues with Firefox 3. I upgraded to 3.5 but it was still painfully slow even though my system memory and CPU were fine. Turns out it was the SkypeNames.exe that got installed with Skype 4.0.0.227. All you need to do in Firefox is go to Tools menu -> Add-ons, then uninstall the Skype service. It only uninstalls the SkypeNames.exe; Skype works normally after that. Here's a thread on the Skype Forums discussing it. http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=374041&st=0

Amazon.com spelling mistake

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You see mistakes all the time in really crappy ads, but it's interesting to see it from Amazon.com in a banner ad for their Video on Demand service. I guess they "instanty" made this ad and skipped quality control. xD
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No doubt this is accidental, as I've been seeing this Netflix ad with zombies nowadays. With all respect to the deceased lady and her family, I couldn't resist taking this screenshot: