January 2005, San Francisco, California, USA

WInter 2005 MacWorld Expo

Apple Computers held the first of its two 2005 Conventions in San Francisco from January 10-14.

A silhouetted portrait of Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday January 5, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Bill Gates delivers keynote address at CES 2005

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates, delivered a keynote address at CES 2005 (Consumer Electronics Show), in Las Vegas.

Bill Gates delivers his keynote address at CES 2005.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday September 28, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA

CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2005 conference

Warner Music Group (WMG) became the only stand-alone music company to be publicly traded in the United States in May 2005. With its broad roster of new stars and legendary artists, Warner Music Group is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry including Atlantic, Bad Boy, Elektra, Lava, Maverick, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. and Word.

Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music during a speech at the telecommunication industy's annual CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2005 conference.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Sunday September 25, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA

22nd Annual Folsom Street Fetish Fair in San Francisco

Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, the city's annual leather and fetish festival. The Folsom Street Fair is the largest leather, alternative and fetish street fair in the world with over 400,000 attendees annually. This year's event marked the 22nd year.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday September 21, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison addresses conference in San Francisco

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison delivered the keynote address as the annual Oracle Open World conference.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison speaks to conference attendees.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday September 21, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison addresses conference in San Francisco

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison delivered the keynote address as the annual Oracle Open World conference.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison speaks to conference attendees.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday September 7, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA

Apple introduces new iPod and iPod-Phone with Motorola

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced a new, smaller music player, the iPod Nano as well as an iTunes cell phone in conjunction with Motorola.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the newest iPod, the iPod Nano.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Monday May 30, 2005, San Bruno, California, USA

Golden Gate National Cemetery on Memorial Day

Visitors at The Golden Gate National Cemetery on Memorial Day.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Thursday May 12, 2005, Stanford, California, USA

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at Stanford University

Ballmer dropped out of Stanford University after one year to become the bookkeeper at a new software company called Microsoft. He spoke about the role of innovation within Microsoft and predicted a "revolution" over the next five years in information and communication technology.

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft speaking to students at Stanford Business School.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Thursday May 12, 2005, Stanford, California, USA

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at Stanford University

Ballmer dropped out of Stanford University after one year to become the bookkeeper at a new software company called Microsoft. He spoke about the role of innovation within Microsoft and predicted a "revolution" over the next five years in information and communication technology.

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft speaking to students at Stanford Business School.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday April 27, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA

Former CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch

Jack Welch, management guru and former CEO of General Electric (GE) signed his latest book "Winning" after an event at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

Former CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday March 30, 2005, Palo Alto, California, USA

First press conference of new Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd

New Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd at his first press conference this morning at the HP headquarters in Palo Alto.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday March 9, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA

Edmund Stoiber in California

Edmund Stoiber, minister-president of the Federal State of Bavaria (Germany), leader of the Christian Social Union party (CSU) and candidate for the federal chancellorship during the 2002 general election campaign, speaking in front of business leaders. Stoiber is expected to be the front runner in the 2006 general election campaign in Germany running against ruling chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Tuesday March 8, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA

Bill Gates introduces Microsoft Office Communicator 2005

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates, presented a new integrated communications client, called Microsoft Office Communicator 2005, formerly code-named "Istanbul" while delivering an address in San Francisco.

Bill Gates delivers a keynote address in San Francisco.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Tuesday February 15, 2005, Scottsdale , Arizona , USA

Mike Ramsey, CEO of the video recording pionieer TiVo speaking at the DEMO conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 15, 2005. Ramsey announced in January to step down as CEO of the Calfornia based company after struggles to fend off stiffening competition.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday January 26, 2005, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Best selling author TC Boyle

Best selling author Tom Coraghessan Boyle is the author of seventeen books of fiction, including After the Plague (2001), Drop City (2003), The Inner Circle (2004), and Tooth and Claw (2005). His books are published in over 30 languages.

Best selling author TC Boyle at the beach in his hometown of Mentocito/Santa Barbara, California.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday January 26, 2005, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Best selling author TC Boyle

TC Boyle (Tom Coraghessan Boyle) is the author of seventeen books of fiction, including, most recently, After the Plague (2001), Drop City (2003), The Inner Circle (2004), and Tooth and Claw (2005). His books are published in over 30 languages.

Best selling author TC Boyle in a bar in Mentocito/Santa Barbara.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday January 19, 2005, San Quentin, California, USA

San Quentin prison on the night of Donald Beardslee execution

On March 16, 2005, Scott Peterson, the Modesto man who killed his wife Laci and unborn son Conner, was sentenced to die in San Quentin's death chamber. The last death-row inmate to be executed at San Quentin was Donald Beardslee (on January 19, 2005). Beardslee's was also the first execution under new Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

San Quentin prison in California at night.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Tuesday January 11, 2005, San Francisco, California, USA

Macworld 2005 Expo

Actor and Apple fan Robin Williams at Macworld 2005 in San Francisco.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Friday January 7, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Hewlett-Packard Co. fires CEO Carly Fiorina

Hewlett-Packard Co. on February 9, 2005 ousted its chairman and chief executive, Carleton "Carly" Fiorina, the architect of a controversial merger with Compaq Computer that never produced the results she promised. Chief Financial Officer Robert Wayman, who was named interim chief executive, said HP did not plan to reverse the merger but left the door open to such a move, saying the board would not be close-minded on strategy changes as it searched for a new CEO.

Chairman and Chief Executive of Officer of Hewlett-Packard Co., Carly Fiorina delivers her keynote address at the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Friday January 7, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

The CEO of Texas Instruments Richard Templeton

Richard K. Templeton, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Texas Instruments at a presentation during the CES 2005 (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. Texas Instruments Inc., the world's third-largest maker of computer chips, said late Monday April 19, 2005 that first-quarter profit rose 12 percent as lower costs helped boost earnings even while sales were nearly unchanged.

Richard K. Templeton

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Wednesday January 5, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Bill Gates delivers keynote address at CES 2005

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates, delivered a keynote address at CES 2005 (Consumer Electronics Show), in Las Vegas.

Bill Gates delivers his keynote address at CES 2005.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

2005, Berkeley, California, USA

The University of California at Berkeley

Aerial views of the University of California at Berkeley.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

2005, Berkeley, California, USA

The University of California at Berkeley

Aerial views of the University of California at Berkeley.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

2005, Berkeley, California, USA

University of California at Berkeley

Scenes from the University of California at Berkeley.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

2005, Berkeley, California, USA

University of California at Berkeley

Scenes from the University of California at Berkeley.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Tuesday November 2, 2004, San Francisco, California, USA

Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer

Boxer is currently fighting along Abortion rights supporters legislation against abortion in the U.S. Senate. Facing likely defeat Boxer, retreated on an important abortion bill to force hospitals to provide services on Thursday April 21, 2005.

Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer celebrating her re-election in the Marriott Hotel in San Francisco.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Thursday June 23, 2005, San Jose, California, USA

eBay CEO Meg Whitman gives keynote address at eBay Live conference

Online auction site eBay's CEO, Meg Whitman gave the opening keynote address at the eBay Live conference in San Jose.

eBay CEO Meg Whitman.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Friday May 13, 2005, Santa Clara, California, USA

Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the Tiecon conference

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google during his keynote address at the Tiecon conference.

Credit: Jochen Siegle / Polaris

Jochen Siegle