Genius Icon in Top Bar

I just upgraded to iTunes 8.0.1.11 and I noticed that upon starting it, Genius ran again (presumably to get info from new music I've added since I last ran genius) and then after that I noticed what I think is a new genius icon appear in the top information bar.
I'm just wondering if anyone knows what this new genius icon does?
When I click on the genius icon, it disappears and so does the "select current track" button (left pointing spiral arrow) until I play the song again.

Well then, at some point genius was turned on, then. That's what iTunes creates to store the Genius stuff.
Don't know how much time you want to spend on this, but there are absolutely NO Apple support articles on Genius that I can find....
But if it were my PC, I'd
turn off Genius in iTunes,
closeiTunes,
delete those Genius and Extras ITL files,
re-open iTunes and start Genius again.
That might fix it, but we're flying blind here. An iTunes repair from Control Panel > Add/Remove programs might also fix it.
For goodness' sakes *don't delete* your iTunes Library.itl file. That holds your ratings and playcounts. Just delete the Genius & Extras files.

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