crazyapplerumors.com has an article about a great new technology, that makes ALL of our cables obsolete:

Reports from Cupertino indicate that Apple is preparing to shock the technology industry yet again. Sources within the company claim that the next round of PowerBooks and iBooks will make laptop users fully mobile through the introduction of wireless power.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a senior Apple hardware engineer said the technology would work similarly to Airport. A base station placed in a central location within a home or business would beam concentrated microwaves to receptors on any Apple laptop within 50 yards, providing a continuous stream of power.

Reports from Cupertino indicate that Apple is preparing to shock the technology industry yet again. Sources within the company claim that the next round of PowerBooks and iBooks will make laptop users fully mobile through the introduction of wireless power.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a senior Apple hardware engineer said the technology would work similarly to Airport. A base station placed in a central location within a home or business would beam concentrated microwaves to receptors on any Apple laptop within 50 yards, providing a continuous stream of power.

One serious drawback to the technology is that intense microwave beams of this nature have been known to incinerate objects.

Asked what kind of objects, the engineer said “Uh, well, lamps. Books. Glasses.”

“Pets.”

“Family members and other loved ones.”

Apple is confident that it can mitigate this drawback and make the technology feasible for mass distribution provided it can come up with a catchy enough name to market it under.

“Internally we’ve been calling it the Death Ray,” CARS’ source said, “ever since it got Jenkins. Poor sap. Walked right into the beam. Poof!

“And him just two weeks away from retirement. It’s a damn shame.

“But that name’s obviously a non-starter in the marketing department. Right now they’re leaning toward Airpower, but people are concerned that lacks pizazz and is too derivative of Airport.

“I said, how about the Killer Beam That’s Claimed Six Lives Already?! They all just looked at me like I was losing it. I dunno, maybe I am. You watch six people get vaporized and see how you handle it.”

Sources indicate the technology is being pushed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs who wants it ready for announcement at Macworld in July.

“I better get back to work,” the engineer said. “See if anyone else bought it.

“‘Don’t go inside the orange cones!’ I tell them,” he added, shaking his head sadly. “I spent all day Thursday sweeping up an intern. They just don’t listen.”