In Microsoft’s latest attempt to reach out to bloggers, the company recently gave away expensive laptops loaded (46) its new Windows Vista operating system. But the gifts gen erated controversy as well as good (47) , with some bloggers accusing Microsoft of brib ery and their peers (48) unethical behavior. Several bloggers reported last week that they had received Acer Ferrari laptops, which can sell (49) more than $2,200, from Microsoft. A spokeswoman for Microsoft confirmed Friday that the (50) had sent out about 90 computers to bloggers (51) wrote about technology and other subjects that could be (52) by the new operating system, like photography and, oddIy, parenting. But while those on Microsoft’s mailing list initially greeted the machines with enthusi asm, many (53) bloggers soon objected—not because they had been left off the list but, they said, because bloggers are bound by the (54) rules as traditional journalists, who should not accept (55) gifts from companies they cover.