Akara beat Shimizu Ichiyo yesterday

Akara, which consists of four computer softwares such as GPS Shogi, Gekisashi, Bonanza and YSS beat Shimizu Ichiyo in 86 moves. Shimizu was Sente. The allotted thinking time per player is 3 hours + 60 secnd byoyomi. The game record is available to replay here.
http://wiki.optus.nu/shogi/index.php?cm ... &kid=72657

Here are some blogs in English about the event I found so far now.

• Computer beats a top human in Japanese chess@Improbable Research » Blog Archive

• Computer wins Shogi(Japanese Chess), against the woman master | Kirajapo.tv Blogs

And lots of photos of the event can be found in IPSJ's page linked below.

http://www.ipsj.or.jp/50anv/shogi/20101012.html