MBP fans run constantly, CPU hot

Hi There -- The fans in my MBP run constantly with CPU temps up to 89c after downloading 10.6.8, even with just the Finder running. There's nothing hogging up CPU in the Activity Monitor, and I don't have Parallels. I've reset the SMC and trashed the Dock preferences multiple times as recommnded by others to no avail. Any other ideas out there? Thanks.

For anyone who stumbles across this post, I wanted to update what ended up happening. I decided not t purchase CoolBook, as I felt that would merely treat the symptom and not the cause of the overheating problem. My MBP sits on an iLap which in the past has always kept it cool. Something in the 10.6.8 update was causing the CPU to heat up extraordinarily with nothing unusual showing in Activity Monitor under All Processes, or anywhere else for that matter, with just the Finder running.
I decided to try downgrading to 10.6.7. I followed the steps outlined by member Alexandre in another post: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3146928?start=0&tstart=0
When I was done, all was cool and quiet. Everything was back to normal. CPU temps dropped by 30 degrees Celsius.
I guess 10.6.7 will be the end of the line for this particular MacBook Pro until some kind of other fix becomes evident. Thanks again for the members that provided help. Much appreciated.

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