Losing Mouse

My iMac keeps losing the mouse. It's a USB mouse, and it's connected to one of the keyboard USB ports. The red light on the bottom gets turned off, I have to disconnect it from the keyboard and connect it again. After about 15 seconds it works again. This happens about 6 times per hour.
Any ideia?

i've just had the same problem, it started soon after June 2009 updates. Disconnect reconnect and it works until i pause for a few minutes and ...nothing. The idea that it could be wires seems pointless due to its timing of going wrong and the fact it reinstates by plugging in and out of the USB port at the back of the mac and not the keyboard and that said, the keyboard hasn't moved an inch to cause a loose/damaged wire problem . This is a guess but i think something has affected my mac from the updates. Did it happen soon after a download, alert on your mail box or something of that kind ?

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