In general, the signature-based security products used to defend enterprise networks, such as firewalls, anti-virus products and intrusion detection systems are increasingly blind to modern attack methods, which are increasingly embedded into application data or designed to self-mutate in order to evade detection.

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Embedded systems, such as the proposed Venus box, are self-contained, which again means consumers do not require third-party software.

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Outfitted with embedded technologies and new levels of intelligence, buildings are capable of self-communicating status, problems and issues.

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"As Web sites like YouTube get more embedded in other people's pages, there's an opportunity for a kind of self-contained interaction that could substitute for that venerable click-through, " he says.

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Because the chips were so small and easy to make, they could be embedded in documents as they were printed, stuck to any surface or made into a book of self-adhesive dots, he added.

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