MacBook Pro random freezing after 10.6.8 update

Hello,
I've been having an issue with my 17" MBP (late 2010 model). Ever since the 10.6.8 update, I can work for a random amount of time (usually 30-45 minutes) and then get the "spinning pinwheel of death" with the only recourse to manually power off by holding down the power button. The machine has run flawlessly since purchase up to this point.
Apple Hardware Test reports no faults, and I have ran the Disk Utility and had it check for and repair permissions, but the problem still persists.
I originally suspected a hardware fault, but yesterday I downgraded to 10.6.3 by reinstalling from the DVD and the problems went away (I was able to use the machine for severall hours without any trouble). Then last night I decided to try Software Update back to 10.6.8 and voila! The problem re-surfaced this morning.
I am unable to use iPhoto or Quicktime since rolling back to 10.6.3, and the Mac App Store obviously won't load either.
Does anyone have any suggestions? A Mac-saavy coworker suggested firmware or graphics card driver updates, but I'm not sure what to do.
Thanks in advance.

Ok, I've since downgraded to 10.6.3 so I can get work done today, but here's the output anyway:
com.vmware.kext.vmx86
com.vmware.kext.vmci
com.vmware.kext.vmioplug
com.vmware.kext.vmnet
I've heard of issues with 10.6.8 and Parallels, but I'm not aware of any with the VMWare Fusion I'm running (version 3.1.3)

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