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Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death' Dies After 40 Years: Meet Its Replacement

Like Pudding Pops and Benetton sweaters, another 1980s icon is gone. After 40 years of delivering the tragic news of a PC crash to Windows users, Microsoft's infamous "blue screen of death" is going ...
Wired

So Long, Blue Screen of Death. Amazingly, You'll Be Missed

After a long and storied history, the BSOD is being replaced. WIRED takes a trip down memory lane to wave goodbye to the iconic screen we all love to hate. Along with scrapping the blue (in favor of a ...
MacRumors

Apple Mocks Windows PCs in Humorous New 'Blue Screen of Death' Ad

Apple today shared a new "Blue Screen of Death" ad that appears to mock a major Windows computer outage that occurred last year, following a faulty CrowdStrike security update. Macs were unaffected, ...
The New York Times

:( Microsoft’s ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Is Going Away

The blue screen that stressed computer users for more than three decades is giving way to a black one. By Sopan Deb For millennials, blue can be a significant color. It is associated with clues left ...
The Daily Dot

“End of an era”: Microsoft is killing off the legendary “blue screen of death”

The times, they are a-changing—at least over at Microsoft, that is. The universally shared Windows user experience of the "blue screen of death" will soon be a thing of the past. Featured Video For ...