forget my idea!!!
check
zotero out:
http://www.zotero.org/
http://www.zotero.org/videos/tour/zotero_tour.htm - video tour
this is a very sweet looking extension for Firefox 3.*. they are planning network capability for the 2.* release. i just installed it and can't wait to get started organizing all my **** in such a way as to actually make sense. and the fact that it's accessible right from my browser is wonderful since the www is where i do the vast majority of research.
@omnicentricity - now you see what i had in mind. it's not about warez