CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Ina Fried discuss how Bill Gates and Microsoft will proceed, as the company's chairman prepares to step down from full-time work

CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Ina Fried discuss Bill Gates's imminent stepping down from Microsoft.

Gates is 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.

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