Related stories:

Article in Times Online:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7132299.ece

Gushing in Nature:
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/1005....2010.255.html

NYT perspective:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html

Details of technical achievement:
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/...-announced.ars

A parody by Ed Yong (he's somewhat reserved in his enthusiasm):
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/no...-craig-venter/

A collection of related Carl Zimmer articles (he's also reserved in his enthusiasm):
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/lo...cell-new-life/