Dell announced Tuesday their plans to purchase the business email services company MessageOne for $155 million in cash. MessageOne’s software, which is delivered to customers over the Internet, helps companies manage and archive e-mail, minimize outages and prevent data losses, said Dell in a statement. MessageOne was co-founded by Dell’s Michael Dell with his brother Adam Dell and is owned in part by Impact Venture Partners and Impact Entrepreneurs Fund. If there is a deal, Michael Dell, his wife Susan and their children’s trust will receive about $12 million. Adam Dell will get about $970,000 and his parents will receive about $450,000.

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Users of Nokia’s 3G smartphones now can spend more money on a new service from Nokia. Nokia just launched their very own Internet Radio service. The software used for the service does not only stream radio directly to the phone, it also allows users to find new music by browsing throgh radio stations. Nokia’s Internet Radio service also feautures top ten lists in order to find stations based on popularity. Currently, Nokias internet radio service is a free download for the Nokia N82, N91, N95 and N95 8GB.

Online video host, Brightcove, has decided to no longer let users submit videos. Brightcove is shutting down the submission of videos on Brightcove.tv today. From now on Brightcove will host only professional videos.

We actually have never viewed Brightcove as a place for internet users to host videos, but mainly for businesses. We think this is a good choice for Brightcove. This will help them focus on partnerships with companies. Brightcove really did not have a chance at hosting users videos, mostly due to YouTube.

Amazon’s Kindle, the latest e-book reader. Will this become the iPod of e-books? In our opinion Amazon has some work to do. First appearances revealed that the Kindle is the best e-book reader available. Amazon was looking to create an eBook that anyone could use. Users will have access to 88,000 book titles at launch. One great feature that the Kindle has is the ability to connect directly to a Sprint-powered cellular network called Whispernet and lets you download directly from the web for no additional fee.

The question on everyones mind is the screen. Kindle uses the same display technology that the Sony Reader uses, called E-Ink. The screen looks like a piece of paper which allows for long battery life since, once a page is loaded, the device requires no additional power to keep it displayed.

With everything there is something bad. The flaw with the Kindle is in the design. It is plain ugly. The funny shaped gadget is not elegant like the iPod but seems a bit odd. We believe that Amazon will take the design into consideration more on the next version.

Weighing in at only 10.3 ounces, the Kindle is lighter than most books, which will make it easy to hold for some time. Users will be able to store hundreds of titles on its built in memory and are able to add SD cards for additional space. Books are backed up on Amazon, so if users have to delete one, users can download it later. The Kindle also allows blogs, newspapers and more for an additional fee.

Will the Kindle be a hit? Those who don’t mind the design will probably complain about the price. It will take about 60 purchases for the Kindle to pay for itself at the rate of $10 per download. Also look at the Sony Reader which has had success in sales.

The Verdict: If you don’t mind the price or the design go ahead and buy it.

NBC has just launched their download service, which is now in beta. The service allows free downloads of NBC shows up to seven days after they are shown on TV, at the moment Windows and IE only are supported. Sorry all you mac users you will have to wait. The download shows are delete automatically after 48 hours, and the plugin installation is a pain using Windows Media. In the future we hope for more platform and software support but it is a good start.

Adobe has launched a public beta of Buzzword. Previously, internet users could only access the online writing application with an invitation.

Buzzword is a pretty web application that looks unlike any other word processor we have ever used. It features support for images, tables, and page breaks. Users are able to create and store documents online, share them with other users, print or even download. If you have used Microsoft word you should have no problem learning buzzword.