As always, Crispy Bone is first on the block with the good news: we'll be having local launch parties for "Longhorn", "Orcas" and "Katmai" - quiz: which one is SQL 2008?
More details here: http://blogs.msdn.com/cbowen/archive/2007/12/07/save-the-dates-northeast-2008-launch-events-announced.aspx. Rumor has it that we secured a fantastic keynote speaker...I've dropped his name here before ;)