  Let $q_n$ denote the $n^{th}$ number that is a product of exactly two
distinct primes. We prove that
  $$\liminf_{n\to \infty} (q_{n+1}-q_n) \le 6.$$
  This sharpens an earlier result of the authors (arXivMath NT/0506067), which
had 26 in place of 6. More generally, we prove that if $\nu$ is any positive
integer, then
  $$ \liminf_{n\to \infty} (q_{n+\nu}-q_n) \le C(\nu) = \nu e^{\nu-\gamma}
(1+o(1)).$$
  We also prove several other results on the representation of numbers with
exactly two prime factors by linear forms.
