Colored Pixels appearing at random?

Hi,
I am new to the forum and hope to get some help! This happened more when I first got the computer a few months ago, but has recently come back. At times I will get either a blue or yellow grouping of pixels. It is a square box, with another one up and to the right, so they appear attached at the corner. There will be several of these in a line, but spaced randomly apart. It occurs most frequently with video, the webcam, pictures or safari, so most of what I use everyday haha. I have a screen shot of it, but am unsure of how to post a picture.
Thanks,
Adam
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

We are just seeing this same exact problem on a brand new MacBookPro 15". A grouping of light yellow pixes (2x20 perhaps) appears in the window. Sometimes multiple groupings appear. It's random.
The interesting thing is that the bad pixels do track with the window as the window is dragged around. Additionally, when you minimize the window and then reopen it, the pixels are gone. Really sounding like a memory error.
We'll run the DVD Hardware tests and report back as we know more. The machine is still under warranty, so we may take it in if we see the problem enough.

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