The blue screen that stressed computer users for more than three decades is giving way to a black one.

The new design has a black background instead of the traditional blue, which has been used since the feature's introduction ...

Why change the blue screen to black now? Did the viral images of Times Square rendered useless by the BSOD cause that much reputational harm?

Out of the Blue: Before the BSOD To be clear, there was no grand plan behind the Blue Screen of Death. Its origin story is a patchwork of coincidences and iteration.

Microsoft has announced that it is getting rid of its Blue Screen error display to make way for a "Black Screen of Death." ...

Microsoft is getting rid of the infamous Windows blue screen of death after nearly 40 years.

The "blue screen of death," which has been use in for several decades, is coming to an end, Microsoft announced. (Harun Ozalp, Anadolu/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) ...

L ike 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 ...

Microsoft is getting rid of the infamous Windows blue screen of death after nearly 40 years. Most Windows users will have encountered the screen and its “Recovery” message most likely at an ...

Say goodbye to the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Microsoft is retiring the iconic Windows error screen in favor of a minimalist black screen that feels more like a digital void.