Today’s Top Headlines: Galaxy Nexus, Facebook Spam Attack, Google Music

The Galaxy Nexus, the first device to feature support for version 4.0 of the Android operating system, is now on sale in the UK – with the US launch reported to be a few more days away.  The Galaxy Nexus features a 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB of built-in memory, front and rear cameras, an accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, and barometer. It comes with a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED screen is capable of displaying 720p HD video.  Ice Cream Sandwich is one of the biggest updates to Android yet, and boasts of features like scanning your face to unlock the phone, a highly improved speech-to-text software program, and an entire platform of data sharing that focuses on Near Field Communication (NFC).

The Nexus brand is Google’s pride and joy, having been the first to get Google’s latest Android updates since the launch of the original Nexus One.

READ MORE: http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-brief/59698-first-ice-cream-sandwich-phone-ships

Facebook stops most of porn image spam attack, blames browser vulnerability

Facebook has announced that it has rid its site of most of the pornographic and violent images posted as part of a spam attack.  According to Facebook, it is improving its systems to withstand similar attacks in the future, while pinpointing the blame to a browser vulnerability, saying that the spam attack worked via a “self-XSS vulnerability in the browser”.  Thousands of the website’s 800 million users have complained about the pictures over recent days.

Facebook is reportedly aware of who was responsible – and it was not an Anonymous hacktivist. Reports are that the social network will take action against the suspected attacker.

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Google has finally unveiled its new Google Music Store today at the company’s “These Go to Eleven” event.

Earlier this year Google rolled out Music Beta, where users can upload their own music to the cloud. During this time, over 1 million testers streamed music an average of 2.5 hours per day. At today’s event the internet giant highlighted its success, citing that at 1 million times 2.5 hours, they have achieved 2.5 million hours of streaming music per day.

And then the highlight of the event: Google announced its partners – EMI, Universal, Sony Music Entertainment, as well as a bunch of smaller indie labels with over 1,000 partners total – all of which will allow Google to launch 13 million tracks on the Android Music Market, 8 million of which are live today.  For those with Android equipped tablets and smartphones, Google’s Android Music Market is now live and works seamlessly with Google Music. Google will also feature new popular tracks each day as well as classic favorites on Android’s Music Market, all for free.

“These songs are yours to keep,” says Google. “Simply click to add them to your Google Music library, where you can instantly listen on any web browser or your mobile device. You can even share a free full play with your friends on Google+.”

READ MORE: http://thenextweb.com/google/2011/11/16/during-google-music-beta-users-streamed-over-2-5-million-hours-of-music-a-day/