Microsoft has released a brand new MSN Messenger bot called 'Encarta® Instant Answers'!

This MSN chat bot, as the name suggests, provides answers to your questions from Microsoft’s Encarta encyclopedia through MSN Messenger. This can be extremely useful for quick fact finding or some 'Instant' homework help!

Simply add the bot to your MSN Messenger contact list, say 'hello' to it and follow the prompts from the conversation.

The email address to add in MSN Messenger for this bot is encarta@conversagent.com.