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Students and mentors partner up through AAS
Many of the Fargo Public Schools Development Foundations efforts to benefit the Districts students involves the funding of programs and initiatives. However, one of its flagship programs, Adopt-A-Sc...
Posted on 4/29/13 at 9:00 AM
151,000 bags may be a new Sandbag Central record
WOOT! Carl Ben Eielson students came, they saw, they bagged! 151,000 bags reported at 7 p.m. for Thursday's production thanks to a fantastic effort by students, our friends at Cass County, a fun crew ...
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:41 AM
Got the Big Monitor, and You Still Can’t See?
This past year, I received several calls from people with low vision who purchased large computer monitors ( 23-27"), but still had trouble navigating and reading the text, icons, and pictures on the ...
Posted on 1/23/13 at 2:23 PM
Nokia Uses Gamification To Motivate Windows Phone Developers
Its fun to root for the underdog. Its not as fun to be one. Windows Phone has struggled to capture even a small piece of the mobile phone pie because of a myriad of reasons. Perhaps the biggest proble...
Posted on 12/7/12 at 9:30 AM
The Corporate Battle for New Media Continues
In my last blog post I introduced the current and future battle of mobile computing. The rate at which Facebook and Google come out with new ideas and applications for the virtual community is aston...
Posted on 2/23/12 at 5:56 PM
Burgum receives Rough Rider Award 
By Helmut Schmidt , November 21, 2009
Doug Burgum named 37th Rough Rider recipient
Fargo entrepreneur and philanthropist Doug Burgum has been named North Dakota’s 37th recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.By Helmut Schmidt , November 20, 2009
Forum editorial: Microsoft a symbol of progress 
The sprawling Microsoft campus in south Fargo has become an appropriate symbol of Fargo’s embrace of 21st-century progress.
October 22, 2009
Microsoft ‘wed’ to Fargo site 
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says proof of the company’s commitment to its Fargo campus is in the recently completed $70 million expansion project.
By Tracy Frank , October 21, 2009
Ballmer eyes Microsoft future 
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer captivated Fargo business leaders and government officials as he animatedly discussed the future of the industry at Microsoft Fargo on Tuesday.
By Tracy Frank , October 21, 2009
Microsoft cutting price of high-end Xbox 360 
NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. is slashing the price of the high-end Xbox 360 console by $100, matching Sony's $100 price cut for the PlayStation 3 last week.
By Barbara Ortutay , August 27, 2009
Microsoft, Yahoo team up to ding Google with Bing 
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. has finally roped Yahoo Inc. into an Internet search partnership, capping a convoluted pursuit that dragged on for years and setting the stage for them to make a joint assault against the dominance of Google Inc.
By Michael Liedtke and Jessica Mintz , July 29, 2009
‘Vision’ nearly complete 
A major part of Microsoft Fargo’s $70 million construction project is almost complete. Employees are scheduled to move into the new building, called “Vision,” on Monday.
By Forum staff reports , July 28, 2009
Thanks Microsoft for DigiGirlz camp 
Kudos to the staff at Microsoft in Fargo for an action-packed, fun few days of inspiration this week during the annual DigiGirlz camp.
By Maureen Anderson , June 20, 2009
Trade Talk: Three Fargo firms make Top 100 
Three Fargo-based businesses – Border States Electric, Tharaldson Lodging and Scheels All Sports – have been named among the 100 largest majority employee-owned companies in the country.
June 13, 2009
Trade Talk: Microsoft Fargo takes first in Cup 
Microsoft Fargo won the first Corporate Cup event organized by the Young Professionals Network of the Chamber of Commerce of Fargo Moorhead.
The second- and third-place winners were Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota and Eide Bailly LLP.
May 30, 2009
2% of Microsoft's Fargo work force slashed 
By Tracy Frank , May 06, 2009
Fargo's Microsoft begins second round of job cuts this year 
UPDATED 10:41 a.m. FARGO - A “minimal number” of employees at Microsoft Fargo are losing their jobs today during a second round of cuts this year, according to a company spokesman.
By Tracy Frank , May 05, 2009
IE8 good, but no need to switch 
NEW YORK – I procrastinated for nearly two weeks before installing Microsoft Corp.’s new Web browser.
By By Anick Jesdanun , April 04, 2009
Trade talk: School success top issue in survey 
A survey conducted by United Way of Cass-Clay shows that most of the respondents feel that early childhood development and education play a significant role in a child’s success in school.
March 07, 2009
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