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Lotus today announced that the next version of Lotus Notes, code-named “Rnext,” will offer advanced support for Mac OS X. The company has promised to deliver the “same key capabilities of the Win32 environment” in the Mac OS X client. Mac OS X support in Lotus Notes will first appear in the next beta version of Rnext, which will be available in Q1 2002. Final name, pricing and ship date for Notes Rnext has not been announced.

REAL Software today >released REALbasic 4, the latest version of its programming environment. Version 4 adds improvements to the IDE, enhancements to the EditField, ListBox, Canvas, Shell and multimedia components, external project items, compiled RbScript and more. The Standard Edition of REALbasic 4 is available for US$149.95, while the Professional Edition sells for $349.95.

Appgen, Inc. has begun shipping MyBooks 6.0 for Mac OS X, a new version of its accounting software for small to mid-sized businesses. Designed as an alternative to QuickBooks, MyBooks aims to simplify the accounting process while also providing an option for conducting higher level eBusiness by plugging into enterprise applications of larger companies.

In a move to make its professional 3D animation software more accessible, Alias|Wavefront has introduced Maya Personal Learning Edition, a full-featured version of the complete Maya package for Mac OS X for use in a non-commercial capacity.

We have posted a number of photos from the Macworld Expo media event that took place after the keynote, where members of the media were able to get a hands-on look at the new iMac and the rest of Apple’s booth.