Changing EXIF Data?

Photoshop 10 insists on displaying camera/name/manufacturer as a "caption" on any pictures taken with either my Olympus PEN E-PL2 or my Samsung Galaxy S.  According to Olympus tech support, this is a "misinterpretation" of the EXIF data recorded with the picture.  I can manually delete the captions but, as the British would say, it's a pain in the arse.  Is there any way to tell PSE 10 to stop displaying this data?

  Simply select thumbnails in the Organizer e.g. click the first then hold down shift and click the last to select a whole batch. Then use the top menu :
Edit >> Add Caption to selected Items
Leave the caption field blank and tick the box “Replace Existing captions” then click OK
Then click Yes to confirm clearing.

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