Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant has launched a News Bot offering the latest news and access to its news archives via MSN Messenger!

Once a user adds the bot to their MSN Messenger contact list, the bot will appear as a standard contact. Once a user signs into MSN Messenger, the bot will message the user with the latest news within a few minutes.

Dutch users can sign-up for this service from its official page.

Similar bots such as SmarterChild used to provide similar services on MSN Messenger in the past.