Network World favicon a bit too familiar?

I ran into Network World a while ago linked from some article I was reading and was taken by the site’s favicon. It’s almost a direct copy of del.icio.us’s:

Favicons of del.icio.us and Network World

The colors and layout are all but identical. The only difference is the orientation of the black and blue portions. I can’t decide whether or not it’s possible that it’s a coincidence.

A part of me wonders if it’s even post-worthy. Favicons serve a distinct purpose in making sites more recognizable and it seems someone designing a tech-oriented site (with a digg widget on the front page) would know about del.icio.us.

Is it reasonable to speculate on favicon plagiarism?

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