Consumers ran through the aisles, knocking down anyone in their way when they saw a flashing blue light.

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Most BlackBerry phones have a flashing light that blinks when an e-mail comes in, and a built-in option to filter alerts so that you only receive them from contacts you prioritise.

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Not even when my results showed such a flashing red light.

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Especially useful for coffee-table setups and other short-throw scenarios, the mode avoids flashing light directly in users' eyes when crossing the projection.

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All down: When farm commodities are uniformly depressed, that's a warning light flashing.

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When the device is turned on, a blue light on the front will start flashing once you've managed to figure out the whole pairing thing.

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In Tampa, when John Kasich, the governor of Ohio, departed from his approved script, a red light beneath the teleprompter began flashing frantically.

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