Front Row randomly activates itself

Hi,
I have Leopard running on a MacBook with bluetooth mouse and keyboard.
Every so often, Front Row activates itself. I am happily doing something else on my Mac, the screen darkens all of a sudden and Front Row appears.
I am definitely not triggering it via Ctrl-Escape, and definitely not using the remote (or any other iRdA device).
Any ideas? Anyone else encounter this?
It never happened under Tiger.
Cheers,
Dan

I am having the exact same problem. I am on a MacBook Pro running Leopard, but had this problem with 10.4 as well. I also have a bluetooth keyboard, but I have an RF mouse (Logitech MX1000). I am certain that I'm not triggering Front Row by bumping the keyboard, and my remote is not being touched.
Any help would be most appreciated. This is quite annoying and happens usually a few times a day.

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