The compact PowerShot G10 gives you high quality pictures despite its size

Trevor Tan
trevor@mediacorp.com.sg

THE PowerShot G10 ($869) is the latest model in the distinguished G series of Canon’s digital compact cameras, which is deemed by many as a lighter alternative to DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras.

At first glance, the G10 looks exactly like its predecessor, the G9. But there are some subtle changes. For example, the ISO dial on top has been moved from left to right. It sits just below the mode dial, with the top left side taken over by the exposure compensation dial. This makes changing exposure settings much easier.

A convoy tour helps holiday makers get the best from their road trip to Malaysia

Jennifer Chen
jennifer@mediacorp.com.sg

Although she has driven in Australia and New Zealand before, Pauline Chan professed to being a coward when it comes to taking her family on a road trip north.

“Malaysia is one of those places I’m not too sure about,” admitted the 48-year-old sales manager. “I don’t want to drive there on my own.”

Yet, as holidays abroad are becoming more expensive for families hit by the economic downturn, an instant getaway provided by a road trip has its appeal.

By Dan Bilefsky

Only a few years ago, the town of Dubi, in the Czech Republic, drew 1,000 sex tourists a day. The more than three dozen brothels in the town were winnowed down to four. (Kurt Vinion for the International Herald Tribune )

PRAGUE: On a recent night at Big Sister, which calls itself the world’s biggest Internet brothel, a middle-aged man selected a prostitute from an electronic menu on a flat-screen television, pressing his index finger against it to review the age, hair color, weight and languages spoken by the women on offer.

Trevor Tan 

COME August or September next year, your wish might just come true. Fujifilm has developed what it calls the FinePix Real 3D system that will give the world’s first consumer three-dimensional digital camera.We had a brief hands-on with this revolutionary system in a sneak preview offered by Fujifilm, and were quite impressed.

More reasons to say ‘no’ I worry for my kids Where are the role models?

WE SET YOU TALKING

The I Say piece, “Why I’ll keep saying ‘no’” (Nov 19), on a teenager’s bid to stay chaste until marriage, drew a host of reader replies. Here are excerpts.

SARAH SUM-CAMPBELL: Ms Hyuuga asked that teenagers be given a better reason than statistics to wait to have sexual intercourse. Here are some reasons. Hopefully when my 19-month-old daughter is in her teens, I would have developed even more points so we can discuss sex over a nice cup of tea.

Weekend October 25, 2008

FROM Nov 5, motorists will have an alternative mode of payment for Electronic Road Pricing: Via their Visa or MasterCard credit cards.

The scheme will benefit motorists who may forget to insert their CashCards in their in-vehicle unit (IU) or may not have the time to top-up their CashCards when the card balance is low.

The scheme comes with a monthly subscription fee of $2.50, and motorists must first subscribe online via the One.motoring or MotorPay websites from Nov 5.

Once an email notification is sent, successful applicants can go card-free through gantries.