Wittis Tribune -

It appears that representatives or at least employees of Apple, Microsoft, Dell and other major brands have been editing Wikipedia entries concerning their companies, in some cases removing or altering truthful but pejorative information and in other cases adding negative entries about competing firms. The findings come from Virgil Griffith, who created a program — dubbed Wikipedia Scanner — that reveals who edits Wikipedia articles, via a system where it scans the IP address and cross-references it with a geographical database. Among the allegations: Microsoft tried to cover up the Xbox 360 failure rate; Apple edited Microsoft entries, adding more negative comments about its rival, and vice versa; Dell deleted negative comments on customer services and removed a passage how the company outsources work to third world countries. [From MacNN | Apple, MS, Dell caught editing Wikipedia]

Irgendwie find ich das schon schlimm wenn solch renommierte Firmen auf solche Mittel zurück greifen müssen und ich glaube kaum, dass viele Leute ihre Kaufentscheidung von der Wikipedia abhängig machen. Böse böse.