CintaNotes - an application that provides a convenient way of storing bits of information

CintaNotes is an application that provides a convenient way to quickly store bits of information collected from documents or websites. All you have to do to create a note is select the text, press Ctrl + F12 on your keyboard or copy/paste the text into the application to add it to the list of previous notes.

CintaNotes

You can also assign titles and keywords to locate and identify your notes at a later date. Other features include an instant search function, note merging, import/export, integrated backup and support for Internet links.

Also available in a portable version.

Language: multilingual

OS: Windows 10 & 11

Price : Free

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Paint, the image editor integrated into Windows 11, now includes a background removal tool

Please note! You may not have this feature yet. The new tool is available to users in the Dev and Canary channels of the Windows 11 Insider Preview program. Available in Microsoft Paint version 11.2306.30.0.

If you're an elected official, you'll notice a new button in the toolbar, right next to the selection tool. This is the Background Removal tool. Paste an image or open a photo that has a background, then click on the "Remove Background" button. Paint will automatically remove the background from the image, leaving the subject in the foreground.

Paint

Paint

There's another way to use the tool: you can open an image and use the rectangle selection tool to mark a specific area of the image. Click on the "Remove background" button and the application will remove the background from the selected part of the media.

The tool isn't perfect, as it leaves imperfections in areas with a white background or in parts of the subject masked by other objects. Although the results are not as good as those obtained with a professional image editor, Microsoft Paint has done a good job. A decent, free tool that requires no editing skills.

The option will be introduced shortly in standard versions of Windows 11.

On the other hand, Microsoft is said to be working on integrating AI-enhanced functions into Paint, such as an AI-powered image generator. Stay tuned !

QuickSetDNS makes it easy to change the DNS servers used by your Internet connection

QuickSetDNS is a tool from NirSoft that lets you easily change the DNS servers used by your Internet connection.

QuickSetDNS

You can configure the desired DNS servers from the user interface, choosing from a list of DNS servers you've defined in advance, or from the command line - for those in the know.

QuickSetDNS requires no installation process; to use it, simply run the executable file - QuickSetDNS.exe.

After execution, the main window appears, allowing you to simply choose the DNS servers to be used, by clicking on the Set Active DNS menu or the F2 key.

By default, QuickSetDNS provides only one alternative: Google's public DNS servers - 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, but you can easily add other DNS servers to the list, by clicking on the New DNS Server menu or the Ctrl + N keys.

If Automatic DNS is selected, DNS server information will be received from your router automatically using DHCP.

If you have more than one network card, choose the correct one from the drop-down list just below the QuickSetDNS toolbar.

OS: Windows 10 & 11

Language: English

Price: Free

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