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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Matt Richtel and Ashlee Vance / The Bulletin
October 27, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — It is the black hole of the digital age — the three minutes it can take for your computer to boot up, when there is nothing to do but wait, and wait, and wait some more before you can log on and begin multitasking at hyper-speed.
Some people stare at their....