MacBook - Corrupt graphics (shadows under windows)

Hi all,
My MacBook is displaying some weird graphics artefacts around windows and menues. It corrects itself if I restart the computer, but shows up after sleep.
Here is a screenshot of the edge of the Safari window:
http://www.damsleth.com/macbookdisplay.png

Same problem with a Macbook 2.0. This seems to occur also with Intel Mac Minis:
Intel Mac Mini: Window Shadow Effect ... (Apple Discussions)
Graphical Glitches on Shiney New Duo mini (Ars Technica Forums)
Macbook 2.0/ Macbook Pro 1.83 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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