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Over the last 6 years or so I’ve quite literally – according to server statistics – based out tens of thousands of e-mails on my various BlackBerry handhelds.

The BlackBerry has given me “BlackBerry thumb” in the past on the earlier thumbwheel versions. Looks like I’m hitting it back with my relatively new BlackBerry Bold 9700 giving up the ghost on its enter key.

No doubt this will be a warranty repair but I don’t know if I can be without it long enough to send it back to Telstra !

Well, if this works then the WordPress app for the iPhone works! I notice that iTunes marks it as being an iPad app too, presumably offering enhanced functionality on the bigger screen.

iTWire: In a move certain to surprise, shock and even anger many, the creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, today signed up as Chief Software Architect with Microsoft to work on the Redmond Giant’s next-generation operating system with Dave Cutler.

iTWire: To give your Microsoft Exchange users the most flexible access options you really need an independent verified SSL certificate. Here’s how to do it fast and efficiently with a minimum of fuss and confusion.

iTWire: The biggest name in the high-end enterprise market has released a beta version free online collaboration tool, aiming to bring business the level of teamwork expected from Google Wave.

iTWire: Just three months after its general availability to the public, Microsoft’s latest Windows 7 operating system now accounts for 10% of all Internet browsing. Yet corporations are still unmoved.

iTWire: The Apple iPad is official. Yet it just missed one ingredient that could have been its killer app.

iTWire: Hype and rumour abound as to the nature, price and design of the highly-expected Apple tablet – or iPad or iSlate. I won’t add to the false predictions but I’ll certainly tell you what I hope it isn’t.

iTWire: The problem with corporate networks is they not only stop the bad guys coming in but also your users who want to work remotely, whether at home, at a client site or on the road. Here is where a VPN product comes in, and the simplest to deploy on Windows is a Linux virtual appliance called OpenVPN.

It’s on, and I’m here. Microsoft Tech-Ed Australia is running from today until Friday 11th September on the sunny Gold Coast of Australia. An incredible 2000+ attendees are roaming about with HP Mini netbooks. Demonstrations have already begun of Exchange 2010, Office 2010 and Visual Studio 2010.