IPad's desktop-like select+double-click bug

Suddenly my iPad is not responding as before. It is acting like a regular desktop window manager!
Now, when I touch an app icon, the icon is selected. A thin line appear around the icon, like it would be on a normal desktop window manager. Then to launch the app I have to double click. The strange thing is that even if I double click somewhere else, it's the selected app that is launched.
It's exactly the same for the virtual keyboard. One click select the key, two clicks (anywhere) press the key.
If I swipe one finger left, the icon to the left is selected (and vis-versa).
What the ****? Is this a secret features I have somehow activated?
Is there any simple way to go back to the good-ol' multitouch interface?
I have tried to shut down and reboot the ipad (home-click+power 5sec). Nothing works.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Pire

You must have turned on voiceover. Either triple click the home button and see if that fixes it OR go to Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> VoiceOver and turn it off.

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