Bitcoin mining has now began a third phase of hardware adoption: namely custom hardware.
As a result manufacturers are scrambling to be the first to market with this custom hardware. 

The guys at Coding in My Sleep managed to track Bitcoin down at the CES 2013 show and interview Josh from Butterflylabs (one of the custom hardware manufacturers). In the brief interview, provided below, Josh describes Butterflylabs efforts to bring this custom ASIC hardware to market.

Coding in My Sleep Link

Macleans magazine has published a detailed article regarding the great strides that Bitcoin has taken in becoming a legitimate player in the currency market. 

MacLeans Article Link

Since 2008, Bitcoin has gone from an underground currency alternative to a more main-stream alternative to modern day banking. Some achievements that Bitcoin has made in the past 12 months include.

• Bitcoin-Central - "a Bitcoin currency exchange in France became the first to officially operate within the European financial system. "
• WordPress - "the ubiquitous blogging website, now accepts payment in Bitcoin."