Editing 2000 in science (section)

==Computer science==
*January 1 – [[Year 2000 problem]] proves to be of little global significance.<ref>[http://purl.umn.edu/53939 Center for Y2K and Society Records], [[Charles Babbage Institute]], University of Minnesota.</ref>
*March 4 – [[Sony Computer Entertainment]] releases the [[PlayStation 2]] [[History of video game consoles (sixth generation)|sixth generation]] [[home video game console]] in Japan.
*March 14 – [[Stephen King]]'s [[horror story]] ''[[Riding the Bullet]]'' is published in [[e-book]] format only, the world's first mass-market electronic book.
*May 5 – After originating in the [[Philippines]], the [[ILOVEYOU]] computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
*September – First system enabling the selection, automatic downloading and storage of serial episodic audio content on PCs and portable devices, origin of the [[podcast]], is launched by early MP3 player manufacturer i2Go.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2000/ego.html|title=I2Go eGo|access-date=December 26, 2020|archive-date=February 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224095257/http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2000/ego.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2001/09/10/newscolumn1.html|title=2Go is gone after burning through $7 million|newspaper=Atlanta Business Chronicle|first=Mary Jane|last=Credeur|date=2001-09-10}}</ref>