Bizarre garbled graphics in Safari and Finder on i7 glossy hi-res machine

*here's one in safari:*
*and here's one in my finder:*
*is this likely a software issue or a hardware issue?*

OMG! My six-month-old Macbook Pro has been doing the same thing since I bought it. I thought it was just an odd Safari bug, and unfortunately only had two weeks with it in the US before leaving for a country that does not have any Mac repair facilities. It was only then that I realized it had the capability to "migrate" out of Safari to affect the desktop. At this point it requires a restart to be able to make out anything on the screen. If I quit and restart Safari while it is still only "in" Safari that will generally arrest it. It is slightly more likely to occur if a Safari window is open when the computer goes to sleep, especially with a lot of tabs. I haven't seen it arise from any other program, but I don't really have anything more exotic than MS Office installed.
I did a search here when it first happened but didn't find anything. I'm so glad you posted this. I couldn't figure out how I was going to explain it to an Apple repair person without them thinking I'm nuts, because it's not consistently reproducible. I tried taking a screenshot but it ends up only the a shot full of pixellated squares. Now I can show them this thread...

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[http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2685/firefox40issues.png Screen Shot]
[http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3318/firefox40issues2.png Context Garbling Screenshot]
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Regards
Rahul

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