Is this hardware or software issue

Hello
i bought my macbook pro 2 months ago, it was all okay and i was more than satisfied with its performance. 3 days ago, i was working on my macbook and i was using alot of applications, suddenly, mac freezes, i thought that was just 1 time thing, after that it started to freeze a lot, the screen either go to blue color, freeze, or some pixels shows and some n't. i re-installed mac os x snow leopard, while installing i got the same problem many times, finally i made it and re-installed lion again. but the same problem is still there, i have windows installed using bootcamp, and the problem is there also. sometimes everything freeze, but sometimes music still playing.
this is very depressing for me, im like 90% sure that this is a hardware problem, it's still new to send it to support. im still hoping that this is a software issue
anyone had this issue before? those are some links to the problem
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2128201/mbp1.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2128201/mbp2.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2128201/mbp3.jpg
Thank you

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