I just found this on wikipedia:
"Feb 2010 May 2010 less than $0.01 User "laszlo" made the first real-world transaction he bought 2 pizzas for 10,000 BTC.[74][75] User "SmokeTooMuch" auctioned 10,000 BTC for $50 (cumulatively), but no buyer was found."
So this news is true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bitcoin