.Tel

A new domain name is in the works. Tomorrow is the first day where companies and organizations can register Web addresses with .tel, according to an article on the NYTimes.com. This new domain stores and encrypts contact information directly into the Domain Name System and has the potential to become a phone book for the Internet.

"A .tel domain name links to the contact information of businesses, organizations and individuals. Information can include telephone numbers; link to Web sites, including a Facebook or MySpace page; e-mail addresses; instant messaging names, and, if you wish, identities for virtual games such as Xbox Live or Second Life," the article reads.

Because this information is stored on a DNS, rather than a server, when a person updates some of their personal information like a phone number or address with that .tel account, it will be automatically updated in friends address books who also have their .tel information stored on their phone.

Lauren D.