Well, it is true, you can earn 0.01BTC for free...it will take you 1 year though and it is a very slow process.
Basically, use the following bitcoin faucet to get approx 0.0000025BTC every hour for free.
Do this 12 times a day every day for a year and you will end up with about 0.01BTC at the end of the year!
I'm half serious...i think doing this 12 times per day for a year would get pretty tiring...but they do actually give out free BTC!!