SQL Server 2008

SQL server 2008 is now shipping !!. To sum up waht is new in SQL server 2008 ?
The following are some that I have come accross.
- Automatic Recovery of Data Pages
- Log Stream Compression
- Resource Governor
- Predictable Query Performance
- Data Compression
- Hot Add CPU
- Policy-Based Management
- Streamlined Installation
- Performance Data Collection
- Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
- ADO.NET Object Services to simplify applicaton development
- DATE/TIME (Date, Time, Datetimeoffset and datatime2) data type
- HIERARCHY ID
- FILESTREAM Data
- Integrated Full Text Search
- Sparse Columns (yes new addition)
- Large User-Defined Types
- Spatial Data Types
- Backup Compression
- Partitioned Table Parallelism
- Star Join Query Optimizations
- Grouping Sets
- Change Data Capture
- MERGE SQL Statement (I have waited for long for this)
- SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Pipeline Improvements
- SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Persistent Lookups
- Analysis Scale and Performance
- Block Computations
- Writeback (on OLAP)
- Enterprise Reporting Engine
- Internet report deployment
- Manage Reporting Infrastructure
- Report Builder Enhancements
- Forms Authentication Support
- Report Server Application Embedding
- Microsoft Office Integration
- Predictive Analysis