Sony digital voice recorders Sony has introduced a new line of digital voice recorders designed for all walks of life, with six new models enabling users to take dictation. The company's ICD-SX57 and ICD-SX57DR9 models have up to 256MB of flash memory and offer more than 90 hours of recording time in the Long Play mode, while its ICD-SX57 and ICD-SX57DR9 recorders offer compatibility with Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software from Nuance Communications. Further models include the ICD-P520 and ICD-P530F with Sony's new Digital Voice Editor 3.0 software, enabling users to create podcasts. BBC to launch non-Mac on-demand TV service The BBC is set to launch an on-demand TV services that is incompatible with Mac OS X, and one UK user has initiated a petition to encourage the news organization to support other operating systems. The petition reads: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to prevent the BBC from making its iPlayer on-demand television service available to Windows users only, and instruct the corporation to provide its service for other operating systems also." Prosilica ships 30fps 2-megapixel CCD camera Prosilica has begun shipping the latest addition to its line of GigE Vision cameras, offering its 2-megapixel GE1650 that provides 12-bit image data running 30 frames per second at 1600x1200 resolution. The new camera utilizes a Kodak KAI-2020 progressive scan CCD sensor with electronic shutter suitable for capturing high-speed motion events, according to the company, with a gigabit Ethernet interface to provide plug-and-play usage.