My mouse keeps jumping all over the place and i dont know why!

My trackpad doesnt allow me to fully control the mouse on the screen! it keeps jumping all over the place and i dont knw why! i updated my computer yesterday and it was working fine but by the end of the night it started to not function properly again.                   

A fairly well known flaw that occurs to some trackpads. See here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1449

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