Why does my mouse pointer keep freezing after I don't use it for just a few seconds? It seems like this started shorty after I installed 10.8.3

This is very very annoing and needs a software fix IMMEDIATELY APPLE!

I have this exact problem as well on my retina MBP 15" with 10.8.4. It's been going on at least since 10.8.3, but I'm unsure about anything before that since I bought this machine brand new in April. It's happened around 5 times during my ownership of it.
I read the solution you found (you mentioned this in another comment) about, but I had none of those LaunchServices/Daemons that people were talking about.
The freezing of the trackpad only seems to occur while using Safari, but it may be because I use Safari a lot that I'm drawn to that conclusion. Anyway, I haven't seen anything in Console.app about it.
Re: Trackpad is sometimes not working on MBP after OS X 10.8.2 upgrade
This guy also think it's Safari. I suspect it could even be a Safari extension.
I have these extensions installed, all activated:
* AdBlock 2.6.0
* ClickToPlugin 2.8.4
* 1Password 3.9.19
* DuckDuckGo 1.4.1
* Reddit Enhancement Suite 4.1.2
Of these, the DuckDuckGo extension was added last, and it's also my main suspect. It has an "Answer on right click" option in the settings. I don't know if it's possible that it could be interfering with the trackpad or its driver, but maybe.
If that's not it, I'm guessing corrupt caches or something like that.
OK now, this is what I've tried:
* Repair permissions
* Booting with Cmd+Opt+P+R
This is what I plan to try, individually:
* Run a tool like Maintenance to delete all caches and rebuild LaunchServices database.
* Disable Safari extensions individually for a week or two each.
* Switch to Firefox for a while.
* Remove .plist files relating to trackpad. I do not know which these are yet.

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