nth number having n number of distinct prime factors

Java, 170 characters in one line

int a(int n) {
    int a = 2, t = a, m = 1, i = 1;
    Set s = new HashSet();
    while (i++ > 0) {
        if (t % i == 0) {
            s.add(i);
            t /= i;
            if (t == 1) {
                if (s.size() == n) {
                    if (n == m) {
                        break;
                    }
                    m++;
                }
                t = ++a;
                s.clear();
            }
            i = 1;
        }
    }
    return a;
}

Update, +77 characters IOL

int[] f(int n) {
    int[] f = new int[n];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        f[i] = a(i+1);
    }
    return f;
}

Java (Ungolfed)

public class M {

    public static void main(String[] a) {
        final int N = 100000000;
        int[] p = new int[N];
        for(int f = 2; f * f < N; f++) {
            if(p[f] == 0)
                for(int k = f; k < N; k += f)
                    p[k]++;
        }
        for(int i = 1; i <= 8; i++) {
            int c = 0, j;
            for(j = 1; j < N && c < i; j++)
                if(p[j] == i)
                    c++;
            if(c == i)
                System.out.println(i + " = " + --j);
        }
    }
}

Uses a sieve algorithm. It's pretty quick. (6 Seconds) Will work accurately for upto 8, will probably fail for anything higher.

Python, 144 chars

R=range
P=[x for x in R(2,99)if all(x%i for i in R(2,x))]
for a in R(input()):
 x=n=0
 while n<=a:n+=sum(x%p==0for p in P)==a+1;x+=1
 print x-1

It takes about 2 minutes to run to completion for x=8.