heres the code to see if the timer or whatever is legit or not.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="Author" content="Apple Inc." />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=1024" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7, IE=9" />
<link id="globalheader-stylesheet" rel="stylesheet" href="http://images.apple.com/global/nav/styles/navigation.css" type="text/css" />
<title>Apple - iTunes - 25 Billion App Countdown</title>
<meta name="omni_page" content="iTunes - 25 Billion App Countdown" />
<meta name="Category" content="products,itunes">
<meta name="Description" content="Download the twenty-five billionth app and win a US $10,000 App Store Gift Card.">
<script src="http://images.apple.com/global/scripts/lib/prototype.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="http://images.apple.com/global/scripts/lib/scriptaculous.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="http://images.apple.com/global/scripts/browserdetect.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="http://images.apple.com/global/scripts/apple_core.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="http://images.apple.com/global/scripts/search_decorator.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="http://images.apple.com/global/scripts/lib/event_mixins.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="http://images.apple.com/global/scripts/swap_view.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="http://images.apple.com/global/scripts/view_master_tracker.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://images.apple.com/global/styles/base.css" type="text/css" charset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://images.apple.com/v/itunes/a/styles/itunes.css" type="text/css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://images.apple.com/itunes/25-billion-app-countdown/styles/billionappcountdown.css" type="text/css" charset="utf-8">
<script src="http://images.apple.com/global/scripts/downloadcounter.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var isCountdownShowing = false;
var downloadCounter = new DownloadCounter("/autopush/us/itunes/includes/countdown.inc"),
maxCount = 24999999990,
setup = function() {
var currentCount = this.currentCount(),
billionApps = $('billion-apps'),
thanks = $('thanks');
if (currentCount >= maxCount) {
billionApps.hide();
downloadCounter.stop();
if(thanks) {
thanks.show();
}
} else {
if(thanks) {
thanks.hide();
}
billionApps.hide();
downloadCounter.setElement($('downloadCounter'));
}
$('swap-container').style.visibility = 'visible';
};
downloadCounter.setMaxCount(maxCount);
downloadCounter.setDigitImageAnimationCount(6);
downloadCounter.setDigitImageHeight(103);
downloadCounter.setDelegate({
counterDidReachValue: function(downloadCounter, currentCount) {
if(currentCount >= maxCount) {
downloadCounter.stop();
new Effect.Fade('billion-apps', {
afterFinish: function() {
$('billion-apps').hide();
new Effect.Appear('thanks', {duration:0.8});
}
});
} else {
if(!isCountdownShowing && !isNaN(downloadCounter.currentCount())){
$('billion-apps').show();
isCountdownShowing = true;
}
}
},
didLoadData: function() {
Event.onDOMReady(setup.bind(this));
}
});
</script>