Blender 2.62 was released today.
http://www.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-262/

The goodies are:
Many new UV editing tools, better Booleans, improved Motion Tracking, Remesh modifier, Cycles Render Engine improvements and many other.
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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

Awesome!
I think Blender is really becoming a serious animation package.

Thanks for sharing.

By the way..
If you or any of your friends and relatives use Maya, then let them know of a plugin called "Oceansplash For Maya". It is free right now and Maya users will love it.

Have a nice day!