BBC Radio 4 goes bonkers, runs last year’s MS news. Over and over again… [The Register]

Microsoft, Panasonic sort media mess. The two hatch a technology designed to eliminate the difference in how PCs and consumer-electronics devices display digital files stored on a compact disc. [CNET News.com]

PC market stops declining, for now. update Worldwide shipments grow year over year in the third quarter, the first increase after five straight quarters of declines. New leader Dell is happy, but… [CNET News.com]

Roach motel. Busted on a minor charge, I joined the luckless army of minorities who are crammed into jail cells every day by America’s surreal war on marijuana. [Salon.com]

Uncertainty in PC Industry Keeps Apple Earnings Flat. Fighting off a deepening technology recession, Apple Computer reported essentially flat revenue for its fourth quarter of 2002. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]

Some Yelp as Microsoft Squeezes. Microsoft’s plan to impose a new pricing program has prompted a chorus of complaints from corporate and government customers. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology]

Statements Put White House Into a Gun Control Debate. The White House has become embroiled in a combination of volatile gun control politics and the public’s anxiety over the sniper in the Washington area. By Neil A. Lewis. [New York Times: Politics]

Bush Garners Little Support at U.N. for an Attack on Iraq. The Bush administration’s push for an early American-led war against Iraq drew broad opposition on Wednesday in an unusual open debate in the Security Council. By Julia Preston. [New York Times: Politics]

Sun narrows loss, layoffs loom. The computer maker reports a quarterly net loss of $111 million, or 4 cents per share, on revenue of $2.7 billion and announces a 4,400-employee job cut. [CNET News.com]

Palestinians ‘killed by Israeli tank fire’. Seven Palestinians are killed during clashes at the Rafah refugee camp in Gaza¸ say Palestinian medical staff. [BBC News | WORLD]