Well, I guess there must be a reason why all of them are talking about it.
If you start from here, I am sure you will be talking about it too)
Here you go: Help yourself.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assess/index.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assess/Education.asp
If you want to know your points as BobbyB post, go to http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assess/index.asp and take the assesment-test, then compare it to the pass mark (last one was 67) and there you will se if you have enough points.
For Quebec there is another one
http://www.form.services.micc.gouv.qc.ca/epi/controler.jsp?languageCode=en
There you can check number of points needed for each area.