Focus jumps every few seconds

I have a macbook pro and about every 5 seconds, the focus flashes and will switch to another application.  I've run disk utility and rebooted, but continues to happen.  Thoughts?

Okay ... Microsoft auto update ran and the problem began right after that, so possibly some process hung up?  Any ideas on how to remedy?

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              Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
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              com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard          (5.7.2)
              com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal          (8.0.3f1)
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