Malaysia blocked access to a news Web site, complaints have been coming in non-stop Thursday saying that the government has reneged on its pledge to keep cyberspace uncensored.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission ordered Internet service providers on Wednesday to cut off access to the Malaysia Today site.

The site is accessible through an alternative link and is ran by Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin, who has published numerous claims about alleged wrongdoing by government leaders.

Raja Petra was charged with sedition in May for allegedly implying the deputy prime minister was involved in the killing of a young Mongolian woman, and his trial begins in October.

Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar defended the move, saying, “Everyone is subject to the law, even Web sites and blogs.”

The blocking of the website Malaysia Today drew criticism from bloggers and journalists who accused authorities of seeking to deter dissent.

Syed Hamid said “the government does not intend to curtail people’s freedom or right to express themselves.”

“But when they publish things that are libelous, slanderous or defamatory, it is natural for (authorities) to act,” he was quoted as saying by The Star newspaper on its Web site.

A factory worker has become an internet star after a pic of her was uploaded onto a new mobile phone and then shipped to the other side of the world.

She forgot to delete the image before it was packaged and then sold to a customer in Britain who then shared the discovery on iPhone messaging website, MacRumors.com.

A few people on the website were planning to return their model of the phone and ask for one with the photo loaded onto the memory.

The woman in the picture became concerned that she may lose her job but her boss told her that wouldn’t happen.

One person posted that the idea could become a new craze: ‘It would be great for every Chinese worker who makes your iPhones to take a snap of herself or her factory friends… a hello from a person you would never otherwise meet.’

The FCC has given Comcast 30 days to outline its Internet management plans. The cable operator says it doesn’t know yet what it will do.

Reports last week said the cable giant is testing new technology that would slow the transmission of Internet files for its biggest users by as much as 20 minutes during times of heavy network congestion. By week’s end, Comcast admitted the testing but said it has made no final plans on how to handle network congestion.

Comcast has been conducting tests on new network management techniques since the end of May, Charlie Douglas, a Comcast spokesman, told IDG News Service. Among the leading options is to slow all Web traffic from heavy users for up to 20 minutes during times of heavy network traffic.

When the congestion is resolved in less than 20 minutes, the heavy users’ traffic would be slowed for shorter times, sometimes for only a minute or two, Douglas said. Heavy users’ traffic would still move over the Internet, but it would “become deprioritized” during times of congestion, the spokesman said.

This approach would be “protocol agnostic,” Douglas added. By not blocking specific applications, Comcast likely would comply with the FCC’s Aug. 1 vote, he said.

In last week’s order, the FCC concluded that Comcast’s earlier management of Internet traffic was discriminatory and “inconsistent with the concept of an open and accessible Internet.” The commission said Comcast had an “anticompetitive motive” because it delayed and blocked peer-to-peer files through applications such as BitTorrent.

It is unclear whether Comcast’s latest system will survive FCC scrutiny. If Comcast does not comply with the FCC’s order or fails to end the network practices to the commission’s satisfaction, the issue would be put before an administrative law judge.

“The FCC’s action confirms that it is illegal for Internet service providers to block or impede access to lawful online content. This clear legal precedent signals that the future of the net neutrality debate will be over how, not whether, to protect users’ right to unfettered Internet access,” said Ben Scott, director of the Free Press, one of the groups that brought the original Comcast charges to the FCC.

The owners of Yoda — a cat with four ears — could use a couple extra hands to answer their telephones.

Ted and Valerie Rock said they’ve been inundated with television offers and media inquiries since their son posted a photo of their smoke-colored cat on a Web site. That turned the four-eared feline from a suburban animal oddity into an instant Internet celebrity.

The Rocks, from the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, have fielded calls from “Good Morning America,” “Fox News” and “The Tyra Banks Show.” The cat’s photo has graced the London Guardian and a British tabloid. The Daily Mail said if Batman had a cat, it would be Yoda.

“It’s amazing,” Ted Rock said. “For the past few days, our phone has just been ringing off the hook.”

Yoda’s extra ears give him a hint of a devilish appearance. The Rocks said they found him in 2006 while watching a Chicago Bears game at a Blue Island bar.

Some in the bar were passing the then-eight-week old kitten around, making fun of his extra set of ears, mocking his appearance and calling him names such as “Devil Cat” and “Beelzebub.”

It wasn’t quite love at first sight, but the Rocks felt sorry for the cat and offered to adopt the kitten from the bar’s owner, who kept the animal caged atop the bar for his customers’ amusement.