Yahoo makes switch to Bing in the US

In today's podcast: Yahoo makes switch to Bing in the US; RIM buys Cellmania; and Dell's Aero goes on sale in the US.

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Bing is now fully fueling Yahoo search results in the U.S. and Canada, Yahoo and Microsoft said on Tuesday. The announcement marks one of the first major milestones since the two companies signed a 10-year deal for Microsoft to power Yahoo search and for Yahoo to use Microsoft's AdCenter advertising platform. So far, Bing is only powering results in English in the U.S. and Canada, with other languages to follow, Microsoft said.

Just days after making its updated version of App World available to all, Research In Motion acquired Cellmania, a company that offers back-end infrastructure for application stores. Current Cellmania customers include Sprint Nextel, AT&T, Boost, Virgin Mobile USA and Telstra. Cellmania offers a platform that operators can use to accept applications from developers and sell them to users. The platform includes digital rights management and integration with a carrier's billing system.

Dell on Tuesday dived into the highly competitive smartphone market, releasing the Aero in the U.S. The Aero phone comes with a 3.5-inch touch screen and is available through Dell's website for US$99.99 with a two-year mobile contract with AT&T and for $299.99 without a contract. Aero is the second mobile device announced by Dell with smartphone capabilities. On Aug. 12, Dell started shipping its Streak mobile device, which has a 5-inch screen.

Shanda Literature, one of China's largest online publishers, will be releasing its Bambook e-reader to the Chinese public on Sept. 28, just weeks after the company completed a trial sale of the new device. Earlier this month, the company finished an "internal test" sale of the device, releasing a total of 3,500 Bambooks to invited users. The e-reader has a 6-inch, 800-by-600 pixel display, Wi-Fi and 3G connections

...And those are the top stories from the IDG Global IT News Update, brought to you by the IDG News Service. I'm Sumner Lemon in Singapore. Join us again later for more news from the world of technology.