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Real time is the next step for Google: They’re working on a standard for website publishers to hit Google with new content for indexing in seconds , a huge leap from the way Google currently crawls the web. One way it might work is through a setup like PubSubHubbub, where a site tells a Hub there’s new content, and the Hub tells subscribers when there’s new content, versus having to ping the site repeatedly to check for new stuff. Google would just subscribe to feeds for sites, essentially. Beyond fundamentally adding a new dimension to Google’s index, it’d help small sites, which are normally crawled far less frequently by Google than larger sites, since they could simply tell Google when they’ve got new stuff

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Google’s Going Real Time [Google]

After it was pulled in December due to some bugs, Layar is back in the App Store, available for iPhone 3GS users. [ Layar via Mobile-Ent ]

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Layar, the iPhone’s Best App, Is Back In the App Store [IPhone Apps]

Around 600 million metric tons of water ice were discovered in shadowy craters at the moon’s north pole. How much is that, in terms that mean something to you? Possibly enough to sustain a mother-F-ing moon base, that’s how much. A piece of NASA radar equipment hitching a ride on an Indian probe made the discovery, which was reported earlier today

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600 Million Metric Tons of Ice Found On Moon’s North Pole Surface, Could Be Enough to Supply Base [Space]

The AP supposedly had an embargo time of 7:01 PM EST on this photo, but it’s up on their site now and it confirms the previously mentioned TiVo Premiere . [ AP via CrunchGear ]

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Whoops! AP Breaks Its Own Embargo and Confirms TiVo Premiere [Oops]

ThinkFlood has just killed the first RedEye product which went on sale in December for $188, with the massively-superseding RedEye Mini . It costs only $49 and plugs into the iPhone’s 3.5mm jack instead of via a clunky plastic dock. It’s by no means the first universal remote control peripheral for the iPhone, with L5 plugging into the dock connector, and Fastmac and Power A providing the IR transmitter in a case

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RedEye Mini IR Transmitter Transforms iPhones Into Universal Remote Controls For $49 [Universal Remote]

People rarely talk about iPhone app piracy, but when they do, it sounds devastating: 90% piracy rates, $450 million in lost sales, etc. Here’s the truth: App Store piracy isn’t a big deal—and it never will be. With these shockingly high reports comes the general air that developers are being marauded and pillaged by Viking hordes and that Apple isn’t doing enough to stop it

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The Myth of iPhone App Piracy [IPhone Apps]

You’ve probably heard about the school district that installed spy software on laptops issued to its students so they could spy on them without their knowledge . Creepy! Well, here’s a peek at the principal who came up with the idea.

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A Hypothetical Look Inside the Webcam-Spying Principal’s Office [Humor]

The shark-filled aquarium at the Dubai mall, full of 33,000 sea creatures and 2 million gallons of water, has sprung a leak through its 30-inch acrylic walls. This won’t end well! Updated: Now with video! The leak had people wading out of the mall. A representative for Dubai’s civil defense force said they’ve got the situation under control and are fixing the problem, but I wouldn’t want to be the first one back down in that tunnel

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Dubai’s 2 Million Gallon Shark Tank Is Leaking [Oops]

From what we’ve heard about the development process of Windows Phone 7 , rumors about the OS predated its earliest seeds. How? The secret lies deep underground in Redmond, buried with a little project called Photon. We were posting about Windows Mobile 7 (and 8!) in great detail back in 2008, and we weren’t the only ones.

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What Windows Phone 7 Could Have Been [Windows Phone 7]

Would you like to see Hot Tub Time Machine , days before normal rubes can see it in theaters? If you’re in NYC, you’re in luck! We’ve got a fistful of tickets to a screening for our lovely readers. UPDATED The screening takes place next Tuesday the 2nd of March at 7:30pm.

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Want to See Hot Tub Time Machine For Free Before It’s Released? [Movies]