The first beta of Blender 2.5+ was released.
Here is an excerpt from the Blender.org website:

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What to Expect Big improvements - This software has been used extensively in production of the Durian open movie project "Sintel". Feature complete - Although some of the 2.5 targets have been postponed, such as multi-window support showing multiple scenes, a full RNA data level dependency graph, or radial menus. Exciting improvements in Sculpting - Faster, much more stable and better brushes. Missing/Incomplete Features - Although really most of it is there, not all functionality from 2.4x has been restored yet. Some functionality may work in a different way. Some features are still slower to use than before. Bugs - We've fixed a lot lately, but there are still quite a few bugs. Changes - If you're used to the old Blenders, Blender 2.5 may seem quite different at first. Be prepared to read a bit about this, how to reconfigure things, and learn to use the new built-in 2.5 search functionality!

These are great news!
I played a bit with the alpha version and I hope the beta has more features and tools.

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Andyba, 3d artist
skills: 3d modeling, texturing, rendering, 3d character animation, compositing
3d software experience: 3ds max, Maya, Softimage XSI, Deep Paint 3d, Body Paint 3D, Wings 3D, Z Brush
2d software experience: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After effects, Macromedia Flash, Freehand

Useful information to us, thanks

Can't wait to jump back into blender and check out the product again!

Blender 2.56 Beta Released
Over 400 bug fixes.
The developers hope that this is the last beta before the stable release of blender 2.5
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Andyba, 3d artist
skills: 3d modeling, texturing, rendering, 3d character animation, compositing
3d software experience: 3ds max, Maya, Softimage XSI, Deep Paint 3d, Body Paint 3D, Wings 3D, Z Brush
2d software experience: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After effects, Macromedia Flash, Freehand

OMG i've been waiting for this for so long