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The BBC is running an interesting story from a venture capitalist who claims that the UK has a really healthy environment when it comes to investing in technology. Anne Glover, who the Beeb describes as a "leading venture capitalist" claims that funding in the UK has never been easier to come by bar perhaps during the short-lived dot com boom.

According to the BBC piece: "last year £1bn of venture capital money was invested in young firms in the UK - that's more than a third of all the money invested across Europe".

Mobile phone retailer The Carphone Warehouse is giving away 200 laptops across the UK tomorrow to promote its broadband service.

The decision by Carphone Warehouse to give away a laptop as an incentive to sign-up to its broadband services surprised a lot of people but the mobile retailer has gone a step further and decided to give away 200 laptops as part of nationwide competition.

You can read the full story in the news channel in the next 30 minutes!



If any ZDNet.co.uk readers are lucky enough to snag one of the machines - let us know. We'd be quite interested to hear exactly what the mysterious registration process involves - as these broadband providers have had a questionable definition of the word free up to now.