My problem was I didn't even come up with more than a handful domain names I would like to register (especially not with the ugly .info at the end)... I registered turcic.info just for the fun, but not sure what to do with it
There were other registrars, as hacker mentioned, who also offered the free .info domains:
dotster
namescure
domaindiscount24
1and1
domainsite (used to be now its $0.99)
Of what I read this is all a campaign by
http://www.afilias.info/gateway/index_html to promote the .info TLD. It will be interesting to see the renewal rate next year, respectively how many .INFo delete there will be