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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gives Bill Gates a teary thank-you as the founder says farewell to company employees at a town hall meeting Friday in Redmond, Wash. Gates is stepping down from full-time work to focus on his philanthropic efforts.
Microsoft's new chief software architect is Ray Ozzie. Gates looks forward to spending more time being the world's greatest philanthropist. Gates made this announcement on June 15, 2006, in Redmond, Washington.
Daily Debrief: Gates says good-bye
CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi talks with senior writer Ina Fried about Bill Gates' imminent departure from Microsoft. He's technically leaving the company as a full-time employee, but Fried explains why Gates will still be involved with pet projects like search and the Tablet PC.
Gates to hand over reins by mid-2008
Bill Gates explains how he came to the decision to focus his time as a philanthropist at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates foresees that the hand-over to Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie over the next two years will be smooth. He will continue as chairman until June 2008.
Movie visual effects master John Knoll and his brother built Photoshop as the result of a hobby. At the time, Knoll was working full-time at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic. Knoll, who was nominated for an Oscar for his work on Pirates of the Caribbean II, talked with CNET's Veronica Belmont about how he built the program.
Bill Gates delivers CES keynote
On Sunday at CES, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates discusses the paring down of his role at the company, ponders the next digital decade, and welcomes a rock god on stage.
At the RSA Conference 2006 in San Jose, Calif., Bill Gates urges the death of all passwords and offers alternatives from Microsoft.\r\n
Bill Gates calls for research innovation
At the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit in Redmond, Wash., Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates challenged developers to create solutions that will "change the way things are done."
Gateway's M285-E convertible tablet can easily serve double duty as your main PC, but its size and weight makes it hard to use as a full-time tablet.
At WinHEC, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates calls the releases a "milestone," the first time all three products have been at the same stage of development.
