1. The SQL Server 2008 RC 0 is available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers and not only. Use the download center to get yourself a free copy (evaluation of course): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=35F53843-03F7-4ED5-8142-24A4C024CA05.

2. Good things and bad things come in threes and SQL Server 2008 makes no exception: the second thing is the SQL Server 2008 RC0 Feature Pack - a collection of stand-alone install packages that provide additional value for SQL Server 2008.

3. Third, a new certification was announced today: Climbing the Ladder of Success with Microsoft Certification. You can become a Microsoft Master (sounds cool :) ). Read more about it here: Microsoft Certified Master Program!

Bonus: Actually there's one more thing, a new issue of The Data Miner