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• Making Slack, the massively multiplayer online business tool

  ​When a couple of small teams at software powerhouse Adobe first started using Slack, Cal Henderson and his team were pleased, but hardly surprised.

• UTS launches quantum programming environment

  As great strides are made towards the creation of physical quantum computers, a team of researchers at University of Technology Sydney have launched a quantum programming environment to help developers get to grips with their quirks and complexity.

• Design guide to help health app devs stay legal and safe

  ​There are ​more than​ 250,000 health apps on the market, but a lack of clear regulation and developers’ ignorance of existing rules, could mean they are putting users at risk.

• In Pictures: 10 tools that fix common Windows frustrations

  Windows is full of niggling little irritations. These tools fix them.

• In Pictures: Best open source monitoring tools

  We found all four products to be capable network monitoring tools that performed well in our basic tasks such as checking for host availability and measuring bandwidth usage. Beyond the basics, there were quite a few differences in terms of features, granularity and configuration options.

• In Pictures: 10 useful Cloud-management tools

  New tools help IT execs cut Cloud costs, optimize resources, integrate and manage Cloud instances.

• In Pictures: Top 10 Cloud tools

  New tools help IT execs cut Cloud costs, optimise resources, integrate and manage Cloud instances.

• 10 Free Downloads for Your Laptop

  Have a laptop or netbook and want to get more out of it? You're not alone. We've experienced the frustration of trying to keep data or bookmarks on a portable synchronized with those of a desktop PC or other laptops. We've struggled with diminishing battery life. We've needed assistance getting connected at hotspots or staying safe once online. And we've wondered how to take full advantage of USB flash drives.