The Cursor Jumps Here and There While Typing

When I type something on text-processing applications (Text Editor, Sticky, Word 2004 for Mac, even compose email field on web-based emails), my cursor keeps moving randomly to the previous part of the body text. I keep on typing until I realize it messes up what I've been typing. I can't keep typing and checking the result all the time.
It doesn't happen all the time, but it happens often enough. It's kinda very frustrating.
Any idea why this happens?
Thanks!

System Preferences>Keyboard & Mouse>TrackPad>Ignore Accidental Input
iMac G3, iPod Mini, MacBook Pro (1.83 GHz& 1 GB) Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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From: Andy_DeWees<[email protected] du>
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