Apple power 3G power Adapter

Apple has issued a recall for the iPhone 3G USB power adapter due to a flaw that can cause the metal clips to break off inside of the outlet. The adapters were supplied with iPhone 3Gs sold in the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru. In addition the adapters were sold as standalone accessories in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Panama.The USB power adapters supplied with the original iPhone are not affected by this recall.

iPhone 3G:-

Due to a risk of electric shock, Apple has encouraged customers to discontinue use of the faulty adapter until their new adapters arrive. Users are encouraged to charge their phone by connecting to their computers or using a standard-sized USB power adapter if they have one.
Replacement adapters will begin shipping starting October 10 to users who register at Apple’s website, or you can wait and exchange your adapter at an Apple store starting that same day. You will need your iPhone’s serial number to complete the registration, but once registered Apple will send you the replacement adapter and packaging to send your old adapter back to Apple.Apple reports this flaw has only affected a small number of users and no injuries have been reported.

How to create URL without A tag + A demonstration of the famed IE bug

I want to demonstrate two things. First a simple way to create hyperlink without using the standard A tag with HREF attribute. This works like a normal tag and looks the same. Yet it uses CSS & javascript event handlers to achieve the same effect using a span tag. This makes it potentially immune to crawling by robots.

As a side effect I use this code to demonstrate the IE bug where you click on the link of a site. The site shows up properly in the browser window, yet it actually loads a different site. As you will see from the demonstration that the status bar also displays properly the wrong site. Without further ado here's the example:

Microsoft? nope, we are better :)

The code is:


Microsoft? nope, we are better :)

Look at the status bar and the Address bar of the displayed page to understand the effect. If you are using Netscape/Mozilla or other browsers based on the codebase you will not be able to view the spoof. In fact you will see the actual URL in the address bar.
However the hyperlink, status and the rest will work fine.