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OK, this is similar to the font problem I was having a while back when there was high inexplicable CPU usage. It's waking up all night, or not going to sleep at all, doing this:

0 kernel_task root 5.1 65 512.6 MB Intel
1 launchd root 0.0 3 1.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
42 mds root 0.2 5 1.19 GB Intel (64 bit)
67 coreservicesd root 0.2 5 339.4 MB Intel (64 bit)
174 clamd slo 0.0 3 292.3 MB Intel (64 bit)
48 fseventsd root 0.1 14 103.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
68 WindowServer _windowserver 1.9 5 66.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
53001 mdworker slo 0.0 3 14.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
44 loginwindow slo 0.0 3 7.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
75 socketfilterfw root 0.0 3 6.3 MB Intel (64 bit)
39 securityd root 0.0 3 5.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
15 DirectoryService root 0.0 6 5.3 MB Intel (64 bit)
17 blued root 0.0 4 4.7 MB Intel (64 bit)
10 kextd root 0.0 2 4.4 MB Intel (64 bit)
101 coreaudiod _coreaudiod 0.0 3 3.6 MB Intel (64 bit)
13 configd root 0.0 6 3.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
36 usbmuxd _usbmuxd 0.0 4 2.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
43 mDNSResponder _mdnsresponder 0.0 4 2.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
47 hidd root 0.3 3 1.7 MB Intel (64 bit)
12 diskarbitrationd root 0.0 2 1.5 MB Intel (64 bit)
14 syslogd root 0.0 4 1.5 MB Intel (64 bit)
53012 activitymonitord root 0.9 1 1.3 MB Intel (64 bit)
16 distnoted daemon 0.0 3 1.3 MB Intel (64 bit)
105 launchd slo 0.0 2 1.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
51355 Firefox slo 0.7 42 442.8 MB Intel (64 bit)
51434 Firefox Plugin Process (Shockwave Flash) slo 1.9 10 55.3 MB Intel (64 bit)
8982 Photoshop slo 1.9 9 225.2 MB Intel
8987 AdobeCrashDaemon slo 0.0 1 3.2 MB Intel
8992 FNPLicensingService root 0.0 3 1.9 MB Intel
580 Microsoft Word slo 0.5 7 157.8 MB Intel
112 Finder slo 0.1 11 80.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
46373 Mail slo 0.0 10 76.4 MB Intel (64 bit)
557 Preview slo 0.0 2 30.9 MB Intel (64 bit)
152 ClamXav Sentry slo 0.5 9 18.8 MB Intel (64 bit)
52763 gfslogger root 0.0 1 352 KB Intel
53008 Activity Monitor slo 3.7 3 17.3 MB Intel (64 bit)
111 SystemUIServer slo 0.0 3 15.9 MB Intel (64 bit)
110 Dock slo 0.1 3 12.5 MB Intel (64 bit)
10782 DashboardClient slo 0.0 8 35.2 MB Intel (64 bit)
150 ClamXav slo 0.0 8 12.2 MB Intel (64 bit)
942 AppleSpell.service slo 0.0 2 8.8 MB Intel (64 bit)
586 Microsoft Database Daemon slo 0.0 3 7.5 MB Intel
591 Image Capture Extension slo 0.0 2 6.8 MB Intel (64 bit)
53020 Quick Look Helper slo 0.5 9 6.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
136 UserEventAgent slo 0.0 3 6.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
132 fontd slo 0.0 2 5.8 MB Intel (64 bit)
149 iTunes Helper slo 0.0 3 3.0 MB Intel (64 bit)
585 Microsoft AU Daemon slo 0.0 2 2.0 MB Intel
118 pboard slo 0.0 1 844 KB Intel (64 bit)
32 ntpd root 0.0 1 1.1 MB Intel (64 bit)
53018 taskgated root 0.0 2 1,004 KB Intel (64 bit)
45 KernelEventAgent root 0.0 3 1,004 KB Intel (64 bit)
57 autofsd root 0.0 3 1,000 KB Intel (64 bit)
91 cvmsServ root 0.0 1 848 KB Intel (64 bit)
50 dynamic_pager root 0.0 1 788 KB Intel (64 bit)
11 notifyd root 0.0 2 604 KB Intel (64 bit)

Ganbustein, it seems there is something it cannot resolve. I get this reading at the bottom while this is happening:

Reads in: 53454770
Reads out: 38845538
Reads in/sec: 0
Reads out/sec 0
Data read: 520.51 GB
Data written: 8.45 TB
Data read/sec 0
Data read/sec 2 KB

THE KEYBOARD IS ALSO JUMPING, INSERTING THE CURSOR RANDOMLY. I DON'T NOW IF THIS IS A RELATED ISSUE.

> THE KEYBOARD IS ALSO JUMPING, INSERTING THE CURSOR RANDOMLY. I DON'T NOW IF THIS IS A RELATED ISSUE.

Since yours is apparently a new issue, I don't know if this is applicable, but I had a similar problem when I first got my 2010 15" MBP, and it was finally diagnosed by an AppleCare phone tech who figured out that I was tapping my trackpad with the side of my thumb, rather than its tip, thereby causing extraneous input that resulted in my jumping cursor. It was quite infuriating while it was going on, and the only way I could find to resolve it was to tape a piece a plastic from the top of a to-go container to the lower portion of my trackpad.

Edit: Just in case, I'll mention that the thickness of the combination of the plastic attached to the trackpad and the protective material I keep between my keyboard and screen resulted in the trackpad's being slightly depressed when I closed my MBP's lid, and that caused the machine to freeze if it was awake at the time.

Had the keyboard problem with my Titanium but was able to turn off the trackpad in Panther.