Unpaid Schill writes "Over on the O'Reilly Network, there's an interesting piece about how Microsoft tried to hire people to contribute to Wikipedia. Not wanting to do the edits directly, they were looking for an intermediary to make edits and corrections favorable to them. Why? According to the article, it was apparently both to let people know that Microsoft will not 'enable death squads with ...

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An Interesting Offer: Get Paid to Contribute to Wikipedia
OS News - 41 minutes ago
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An Interesting Offer: Get Paid to Contribute to Wikipedia
OS News - 4 hours ago
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Microsoft pays for Wikipedia edits
InfoWorld, CA - 15 minutes ago
By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service. A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia ...

( InfoWorld ) - A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move. Rick Jelliffe, chief technology officer of XML tools company Topologi Pty. Ltd., said he will probably accept a contract from Microsoft to edit Wikipedia entries on ODF ...

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Microsoft Pays For Wikipedia Edits?
Hard OCP, TX - 17 minutes ago
A software engineer in Australia says that he was offered money by Microsoft to edit Wikipedia entries pertaining to Microsoft products. ...

A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move.

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Microsoft said to offer payment for Wikipedia edits
Computerworld, MA - 15 minutes ago
January 23, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft Corp. to edit certain entries in the ...

Should Microsoft Pay for Wikipedia Edits?
PC World - 18 minutes ago
Australian engineer says he probably will take payment for tech edits on some Microsoft subjects. A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered ...

In a case of PR Web 2.0, Oreillynet.com blogger Rick Jelliffe will provide more balance on public articles pertaining to ODF/OOXML.

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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.



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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

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How dumb is Microsoft? No, really: a few weeks ago, they decided to "give" bloggers a free -- as in beer -- $2,300 Acer Ferrari laptop. When some people -- like me -- suggested that this sounded like a bribe, Microsoft immediately back-peddled.



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A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move.



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Microsoft offers cash for Wikipedia edit
Boston Globe, MA - 21 minutes ago
By Brian Bergstein, AP Technology Writer | January 23, 2007. Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to ...

Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change what it views as inaccuracies in technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

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Microsoft lands in hot water for offer to pay for Wikipedia edits
Santa Fe New Mexican, NM - 10 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN | AP. BOSTON (AP) - Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical ...

Microsoft accused of offering to pay an Australian blogger to "correct errors" on technical articles on the Wikipedia site.

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Microsoft 'tried to doctor Wikipedia'
The Age, Australia - 11 minutes ago
Microsoft has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse today after it offered to pay an Australian blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced ...

Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, founder Jimmy...

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A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated debate about the ethics of such a move.



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Microsoft said to offer payment for Wikipedia edits
ARNnet, Australia - 27 minutes ago
A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated ...

Microsoft has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse today after it offered to pay an Australian blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced web encyclopedia site.
While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, founder Jimmy Wales and his cadre …



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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse on Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, founder Jimmy Wales and his cadre of volunteer editors, writers and moderators have blocked public-relations firms, campaign workers and anyone else perceived as having ...

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Microsoft Offers Payment For Wikipedia Rewrite
All Headline News - 12 minutes ago
San Francisco, CA (AHN) - Microsoft Corp. offered a blogger to edit technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site for cash. ...

Microsoft in Hot Water for Offering To Pay for Wikipedia Edits
Redmondmag.com, CA - 12 minutes ago
January 23, 2007 • by AP. Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the ...

Microsoft in hot water for offer to pay for Wikipedia edits
Zee News, India - 9 minutes ago
Boston, Jan 24: Microsoft Corp has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced ...

Microsoft has landed in hot water after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on Wikipedia's community-produced encyclopedia site.

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Microsoft has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse today after it offered to pay an Australian blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced web encyclopedia site.
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Microsoft said to offer blogger payment for Wikipedia edits
ITWorld Canada, Canada - 1 hour ago
A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft Corp. to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, ...

Microsoft has offered to pay an independent blogger to edit alleged inaccuracies in Wikipedia articles, this was not received well.

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Microsoft lands in hot water with Wikipedia
San Mateo Daily Journal, CA - 8 minutes ago
By Brian Bergstein. Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the ...

NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse yesterday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced web encyclopedia site.

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Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia website.

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Microsoft Offers Cash for Wikipedia Edit
Wyoming News, WY - 11 minutes ago
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN Wednesday, January 24, 2007. Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change ...

Microsoft in hot water for offer to pay for Wikipedia edits
Montreal Gazette (subscription), Canada - 1 hour ago
Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse yesterday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web ...

Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, founder Jimmy Wales and his cadre of volunteer editors, writers and moderators have blocked public-relations firms, campaign workers and anyone else perceived ...

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Microsoft in hot water for offer to pay for Wikipedia edits
Montreal Gazette (subscription), Canada - 2 hours ago
Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse yesterday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web ...

Microsoft in hot water for offer to pay for Wikipedia edits
Montreal Gazette (subscription), Canada - 3 hours ago
Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse yesterday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web ...

Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

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Microsoft rumbled over Wikipedia edits
Inquirer, UK - 14 minutes ago
By Nick Farrell: Wednesday 24 January 2007, 14:17. MICROSOFT HAS has got itself in trouble with Wikipedia for paying experts to write "accurate information" ...

MICROSOFT HAS has got itself in trouble with Wikipedia for paying experts to write "accurate information" about it in the online encyclopaedia.

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Microsoft pays for ‘friendly’ Wikipedia edits
MacDailyNews - 52 minutes ago
"A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary, opening a heated ...

Microsoft Corp. has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

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Microsoft in hot water over Wikipedia edits
CNN - 16 minutes ago
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web ...

Microsoft accused of offering to pay an Australian blogger to "correct errors" on technical articles on the Wikipedia web encyclopedia site.

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Wikipedia Rejects Microsoft's For-Hire Edits
WTOV9.com, OH - 47 minutes ago
The software giant is being criticized for offering to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia site. ...

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.

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