When browsing a network, this is the icon for a Windows PC — an old, beige CRT monitor with the Blue Screen of Death. Pundit Anil Dash said it was arrogant, ugly and smug.
The icon for Jar Launcher, an app for loading Java files, contains real code.
Leander Kahney is the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac, and author of three books about technology culture: Inside Steve’s Brain, the New York Times bestseller about Steve Jobs; Cult of Mac; and Cult of iPod. Leander has written for Wired, MacWeek, Scientific American, and The Guardian in London. Follow Leander on Twitter @lkahney and Facebook.
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