It was a big week for NAS announcements last week. Here's a roundup of what happened while we were away.

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Intel today announced it is buying security technology company McAfee for $7.68 B. McAfee's revenue last year was about $2 B.

GE has announced a suite of products for consumer "smart-grid" energy monitoring.

Next week, SmallNetBuilder will be giving away a Cisco Linksys E3000 top-of-line dual-band N router and AE1000 dual-band N USB adapter bundle every day for five days.

Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held MOTO Development Group, a design consulting firm that develops products and product strategies for the consumer industry.

Time Warner and Comcast today announced plans to expand their TV Everywhere initiative to iPad owners.

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Belkin today announced a Bluetooth receiver that enables iPhones and iPod Touches to stream music to home stereo systems.