Blue Screen of Death

(Newser) - Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" at some point in their computing life. Now, after more than 40 years of being set against a very recognizable blue, the updated error message will soon be displayed across a black background, the...

(Newser) - The infamous "blue screen of death" appeared on machines worldwide using Windows on Friday amid a mass outage that affected airlines and banks, among many other businesses and institutions. The BBC reports that United, Delta, and American Airlines have issued a "global ground stop" on all flights. Police...

(Newser) - The Windows Blue Screen of Death is so passé these days, so some malevolent circuit board or update appears to have cooked up a new fail: the Black Screen of Death. The Black Screen is affecting not just new Window 7 machines, but those running XP and Vista as well....