The Power Performa computers have the Now Contact software installed. A part of the Now Contact software is a control panel called QuickContact. When the QuickContact menu icon is turned on in the control panel, this flashing telephone icon appears over the date and time on the menu bar. It's purpose is to allow quick access to a user's contact files.
To turn it off, open the QuickContact control panel and click off on the QuickContact menu icon setting.
This issue will hold true for any computer running Now Contact 1.1.
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