Screen Moves and Cursor Jumps

I have searched all day for answers and tried about everything, to little avail.
I bought a new MacBook Pro the day when Lion was released and then upgraded to Lion a few days later, and updated with 10.7.1. This morning my screen started to jump from one desktop (space) to the oher, so I deleted all but my main space. Then it kept trying to switch screens again, but could not (sometimes it jumped from main screen to the Launchpad or Mission Control. My mouse also started to jump all over the screen. I tried many recommendations I found online and the screen jumping has now slowed down. The mouse is still very erratic, and often jumps from one side to the other.
1. I have turned off all the hotspots
2. Ran "Verify disk-permissions" and "Verify disk". No problems - no need to repair.
3. Tried different mouse connections USB and Bluetooth and cleaned the mice.
4. Turned on and off ten times.
5. A few other techniques which I don't recall now.
What to do? This is driving me nuts so I am now using my PC with Windows. How sad!

Console: http://cl.ly/8NIu

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