(AP) - 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 ...

Yes, that's right, Microsoft is changing the infamous Blue Screen of Death, aka the BSOD to black instead of blue. At least we won't have to learn a new acronym for our endless fears.

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

This month's optional cumulative update relegates the iconic Blue Screen of Death to history, and more.