ITunes + iPhoto Freezing

Hi,
Recently, when working with iTunes, iPhoto or Photoshop, mouse freezes and I can't even Force Quit. I have to press the power button and have it down that way. It is getting more frequent and I would like to know what could be causing that to happen.
Thanks.
G5 1.6   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   80+160 GbHD 1.25 GbRAM

I have also experienced freezes in iTunes and Safari. By chance, do you use Mighty Mouse? It seems it can cause freezes. See the thread
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=200405&start=0&tstart=0

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