public displays

A bright public-information screen in the waiting room at St. Moritz's railway station briefly became the town's latest tech talking point when it displayed a full Windows 11 Start menu and a list of pending updates instead of passenger information — an amusing snapshot of a real-world...

Microsoft will make the sight of a Blue Screen of Death on airport boards and restaurant menu screens noticeably rarer: a new Digital Signage mode in Windows limits visible system errors to 15 seconds, then blanks the display until an administrator intervenes. Overview Microsoft announced the...

The evolution of computers from clunky, room-bound machines to sleek, omnipresent devices in our urban landscapes has come with its own share of public bloopers. In an age where even digital billboards and charging stations have become mini-computers, unexpected glitches and notorious error...

Days after the sad death of much-loved polar bear Knut these cute cubs celebrated their first day out in front of the public with an arctic roll with their mum. The polar bear cubs - Gregot and Aleut, now four months old - joined mum Vera as they met their fans for the first time at...