CNET News Daily Podcast: Tetris reaches the quarter-century mark

by Erica Ogg June 5, 2009 12:32 PM PDT Follow @ericainsf

This weekend iconic video game Tetris will celebrate its 25th birthday. We got the chance to speak with the inventor, Alexey Pajitnov, by phone about what the game means to him and to others today.

Also on today's podcast: Sprint says Verizon's claim that it will get the Palm Pre in six months is untrue, Apple's WWDC kicks off Monday, new details surrounding the Windows 7 debut, and a brief history of downloadable video games.

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Sprint CEO says Pre deal is longer than six months

WWDC 2009: What does Apple have on tap?

Leaked Best Buy memo offers Windows 7 details

Microsoft: Obama's tax plan may hurt U.S. jobs

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