Now that I've successfully booted up my PC, I find this in my Inbox:

There's absolutely no reason you should be waiting the three-plus minutes it takes your computer to boot up Windows, says Woody Hobbs, CEO of Phoenix Technologies. And indeed, if Hobbs has his way, you may not have to endure those waits much longer.

Phoenix says its new technology, HyperSpace, will offer mobile PC users the ability to instantly fire up their most used apps — things like e-mail, web browsers and various media players — without using Windows, simply by pressing the F4 button.

Question: why did it take until now to get this technical solution to a problem facing all of us these many years? I think this whole "Innovation Society" policy in China might take a little longer than we all think. This stuff apparently ain't so easy.