Here was a quick word from Slashdot.
Excerpt: "Emilio Hansen noted that KDE 3.0 is on their FTP site. There is no official announcement yet, but this looks like the real deal. No debian packages yet, but you can snag RPMs from various distros or src for the do it yourselfer."
UPDATED: Slashdot just reported that the announcement had been made at KDE"s site.
Enjoy :)
The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.0, the third generation of the free and powerful desktop for Linux and other UNIXes. KDE 3.0 is available in 49 languages and ships with the core KDE libraries, the base desktop environment, an integrated development environment, and hundreds of applications and other desktop enhancements from the other KDE base packages (administration, artwork, development, edutainment, development, Games, Multimedia, PIM, utilities, and more). A KDE 3 port of the KDE office suite is available. Consistent with KDE"s rapid and disciplined development pace, the release of KDE 3.0 includes an impressive catalog of bug fixes, performance enhancements and feature additions.