IT In Brief: How well or bad is WP doing?; EMPiK's "Cyfrofera"

At Wirtualna Polska's (WP) shareholders meeting on Friday it was clear that opinions as to the financial condition of the bankrupt Internet portal greatly differ. Minority shareholders (namely companies GIF and Key7, owning almost 20% of shares) believe that the portal is developing as it posts increasing income and has liquidity. TP Internet's representatives see the situation completely differently, saying that they cannot predict if WP will have funds to operate for the next two weeks. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 24) ... EMPiK opened the first digital entertainment center, Cyfrosfera, in its Warsaw branch on ul. Marszałkowska. Here the public can record their own hit mix, develop digital photos, use the Internet via the shop's WiFi network, or rent a DVD. Empik sees the potential of selling single songs and wants to be the first to sell them in Poland in this way. At present their offer includes 2.400 songs, foreign ones cost zł.3.99 or zł.1.99 (classics) and domestic singles cost zł.2.49. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 25) D.W.