Everyone is trying to contact their loved ones family and friends in Japan over the last few days after the devastating earthquake and Tsunami that hit Japan on March 11.

AT&T is offering wired and wireless billing relief for calls made on AT&T between March 11th and March 31st. AT&T wireless postpaid customers won’t be charged for long distance calls or text messages to Japan from the US and Puerto Rico.

Here is the full press release:

AT&T Offers Wireless, Wireline Billing Relief for Consumers Calling and Texting Family, Friends in Japan

DALLAS, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T* today announced it has implemented international calling and texting support efforts for U.S. residential wireless and wireline consumers trying to connect with loved ones in Japan, following last week’s tragic earthquake and tsunami.

Effective beginning last week, March 11, and continuing through March 31, AT&T wireless postpaid customers will not be charged for:

• International long distance usage from the United States and Puerto Rico to Japan
• Text messages to Japan, originated from a U.S. wireless number

In addition, and also effective March 11 through March 31, residential wireline customers can seek credits for up to 60 minutes of direct dial calling to Japan:

• Upon receiving their wireline bill, customers may call AT&T to receive adjusted calling for up to 60 minutes. In other words, no charges for up to 60 minutes of call time from the United States to Japan between March 11 and March 31.

For any of the above activity, customers will either see no charges reflected on their monthly statement, or they will see a full credit applied to their statement for activity between March 11 and March 31.

“We want to help our customers connect with loved ones in Japan in anyway we can,” said Mark Collins, senior vice president, Voice and Data Products, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “Connecting with family and friends is most important at times like this- we want to make it as easy and worry free as possible for our customers.”

Still available, AT&T wireless customers can text “redcross” to 90999 to give a $10 donation to help the Red Cross with disaster support efforts in the area. No text message fees apply.

And, TV Japan – the 24 hour Japanese news channel – is available for free through March 17 to all U-verse® TV subscribers, allowing viewers to follow the news and recovery efforts. TV Japan can be found on channel 3680.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

[Via Engadget]

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Free Calls to Japan with AT&T Until End of March

Microsoft Office 15 is the next major update to the office suite of applications from Microsoft.

A number of leaks have happened in the past few days. Two leaks of Windows 8 images and now Office 15 screenshots have leaked.

The new Microsoft Office 15 screenshots show an updated ribbon interface, but does not have the ‘Metro’ UI that everyone is talking about, plus it is expected that Microsoft will be using its Metro UI in all its products, including Windows 8.

Office 15 Screenshots

Office 15 Video

[Via Neowin]

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Office 15 Screenshots & Videos Leaked

A few days back we saw a windows 8 screenshot leak, and this time we have another one – a Windows 8 taskbar image.

This new image does not reveal anything new. Since Windows 8 reached Milestone 3, more beta testers have been added and a number of users of various forums are seem to be using it. That means? More leaks could be expected!

Windows 8 taskbar will have Windows Live ID signin and your profile photo in the corner. This screenshot is similar to the one we posted before.

I’m looking forward to a full Windows 8 Milestone 3 ISO leak now! ;)

[Via Neowin]

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Windows 8 Image Leak: Taskbar

EXCLUSIVE: Hard to believe, but the Google Nexus S does not have the ‘zoom’ feature in its camera app. In fact, the hardware doesn’t support zoom at all.

I tried a few third-party apps, thinking the stock Gingerbread camera app is buggy, to make the zoom feature work, but even they said “Camera does not support zoom”.

After a little tinkering around, I checked up with a few reliable sources and found out that this is not a software issue. It is actually a hardware firmware issue from Samsung and they are aware of it. The best part is, they are working on a fix which will be available very soon.

There are a number of threads on XDA forums complaining about the Nexus S not having the zoom feature. But Samsung is working on a fix which should be soon available for the Nexus S users.

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Camera Zoom in Nexus S Fix Coming Soon