You can read more about it here on HN:
http://searchyc.com/submissions/NP?sort=by_date
If you want authoritative commentary then Lipton's blog is the place to go:
If you want an overview of what it all means, I'm about to start writing a series for the non-specialist, non-mathematician, and you can vote for where you'd like me to start:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1674804 https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/the-p≠np-proof-is-...
"If Vinay Deolalikar is awarded the $1,000,000 Clay Millennium Prize for his proof of P≠NP, then I, Scott Aaronson, will personally supplement his prize by the amount of $200,000."