How do I disable the annoying mouse pointer ballons when mouse is over text

when I point my mouse pointer to a bookmark or underlined text in say an email or even on a website I get those annoying balloons that popup with info and maps etc on what I am pointing at...I want that feature disabled it's extremely distracting and I cant find how to do it can you help? I am running Win7 and Firefox 4.01

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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