Appraising Microsoft - Official site of the Appraising Microsoft conferences headed by Ralph Nader and James Love. Microsoft's Stock Options As Tax Loopholes - Rob Landley of Motley Fool argues that Microsoft's size and methods allow it tactics to make money without even selling software. MSN Cookie Data Crosses Domains - How Microsoft web sites like HotMail and MSNBC assign unique ID numbers in cookies, and shares that ID with other web tracking sites. SecurityFocus: Microsoft Cookies jump Domains - Privacy advocates laud Microsoft for Internet Explorer's new cookie-controls, while the company tries out a new scheme for tracking web surfers across domains. MSBC Superlist of Anti-Microsoft Web Sites - Indexes more than 250 anti-Ms links and forums: a comprehensive directory of anti-Microsoft activity around the Internet and around the world. Does Issuing Passports Make Microsoft a Country? - Am I the only one who is terrified about Microsoft Passport? It seems to me like a fairly blatant attempt to build the world's largest, richest consumer database, and then make fabulous profits mining it. The Register: OS Expiration - Expiring OSes? Check the Windows 'best before' dates. Microsoft quietly shadows Web surfers across MSN sites - Days after acknowledging a privacy problem with its browser, Microsoft says its privacy policy does not say how it identifies people who travel across its network of Web sites. [CNet] WebRing: Anti-Microsoft - Sites and resources that want or list alternatives to Microsoft Windows.