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Apparently there is such a thing as a free lunch. Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails capitalized on offering their music for free, Google lets us search, e-mail and use all kinds of free applications, and AT&T will give you a cell phone gratis, if you just buy their monthly plan. These are only a fraction of the businesses that have helped to establish a full-fledged economy based on the concept of zero dollars down.Wired's Chris Anderson explains the recent phenomenon of making lots of money by charging nothing. Is everything moving toward "free now, pay later"? What are the consequences?

So much vindication. I've always said that Wolf Blitzer is a total moron, and now here's some irrefutable evidence. Andy Richter stomped all over him in Celebrity Jeopardy (you know, the dumbed-down version), proving once and for all that Wolf Blitzer's main talent is standing in one spot for hours at a time with gray hair while reading cue cards.