Sharp engineering team has developed new type of blue laser. Sharp’s new GH04P25A4G semiconductor laser maintain same 3.3 mm diameter as previous but manges to boost the power to 250mW. This advancement could manage to make 6x recording speeds to dual-layer Blue-ray media in laptops. Also similar 5.6-mm GH04P25A2G model has been announced for desktops. Both models are expected to ship in April for $462 bucks.

Thanks to the fantastic success of EeePC, ASUS get real attention on the laptop scene. New star in the ASUS showroom is U-Series and new U6S Ultraportable Notebook. This cutie features 12.1 inch LED backlight WXGA display with 1280×800 resolution, Asus Splendid Video Intelligent Technology, with ColorShine and Crystal-Shine. Under the hub is stored Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500, 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM, 160GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G graphic and usual set of connectors Bluetooth connectivity, Gigabit LAN, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, integrated MDC Fax Modem and optional HSPDA adapter. Of course don’t forget integrated 0.3 MP camera, built-in speaker, microphone and specially low heat and noise due to moder and quality design. Weighting just 3.46 lbs U6S ships in Mocha Brown color and it’s yours for $1,655.00 at HotHardware.

Panasonic just announced new 32GB SDHC Class 6 card. This little cutie works on 20MB/s max transfer rate and can store up to 4 hours of 1920 x 1080i, compressed AVCHD video. Expected to become available in April for $699.